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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Savage Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Savage Fork and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Savage Fork:
- 31.032236, -93.353339
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Savage Fork
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Since Savage Fork is near Beauregard Parish and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beauregard Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Savage Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Savage Fork ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Billy Goat Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coopers is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Evans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Knight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knight is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Lee Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Hills is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hills
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Rosepine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Standard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Standard is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
How Far From Savage Fork to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Savage Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Savage Fork and extending to:
- Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Savage Fork to Leesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,661 miles [12,329.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Savage Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Savage Fork to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Savage Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0322, Longitude: -93.3533 In this case, the coordinates for Savage Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.479 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.374 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.382 degrees. |
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