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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 Sentell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sentell 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 Sentell:
- 32.648203, -93.797680
- 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 Sentell
- 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 Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- Since Sentell is near Bossier Parish and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Sentell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sentell ...
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.
- Brian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brian is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian
- Cash Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Cash Point Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point Ferry
- Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dukedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dukedale is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukedale
- Gas Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gas Center is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Center
- Good Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
- Green Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenacres Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rush Point Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rush Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point Ferry
- Willow Chute
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Chute is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Chute
How Far From Sentell 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 Sentell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sentell and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sentell to Shreveport, with an average speed<2> 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 217 miles [349.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sentell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sentell 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 Sentell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6482, Longitude: -93.7977 In this case, the coordinates for Sentell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.956 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.143 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.357 degrees. |
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