Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Spanish City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spanish City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Spanish City

• 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 Spanish City:
  • 32.529309, -92.031799
  • 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 Spanish City

• 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 Ouachita Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
  • Since Spanish City is near Richland Parish and also Union Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish

• 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 Spanish City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spanish City ...

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.

• Cypress Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cypress Point is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
• Edgewater
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Edgewater is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Fish Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fish Creek is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
• Forest Home
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Forest Home is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
• Garden Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Garden Park is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
• Hidden Oaks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hidden Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
• Lakeshore
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lakeshore is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
• Lakeview Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeview Park is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
• Leisure Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
• Magenta
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Magenta is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
• Oliver
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
• Pecan Bayou
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pecan Bayou is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Bayou
• Treasure Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Treasure Island is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Island

How Far From Spanish City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spanish City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Spanish City and extending to:

• Monroe, which is the Seat of Ouachita Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Spanish City to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 947 miles [1,524 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,533 miles [12,123.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,409 miles [8,704.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'