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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 Starns, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starns 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 Starns:
- 30.570797, -90.659505
- 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 Starns
- 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 Livingston Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
- Since Starns is near Tangipahoa Parish and also Saint Helena Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Helena 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 Starns
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starns ...
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.
- Baptist
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gamble Spur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gamble Spur is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Spur
- Georgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hungarian Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hungarian Settlement is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungarian Settlement
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kin Tally
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kin Tally is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kin Tally
- Lincoln Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Little River ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little River is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mason ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Pumpkin Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Yawn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Yawn is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yawn
How Far From Starns to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Starns to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Starns and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Livingston Parish, lies just to the Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Starns to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,440 miles [8,754.8 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 '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- Starns) 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 Starns 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 Starns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5708, Longitude: -90.6595 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.75 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.357 degrees. |
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