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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 Sugartown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugartown 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 Sugartown:
- 30.839916, -93.014878
- 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 Sugartown
- 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 Beauregard Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beauregard Parish
- Since Sugartown is near Vernon Parish and also Allen Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Sugartown
Communities Also Named Sugartown ...
We found six communities that are also named Sugartown.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Sugartown.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Sugartown [Calcasieu Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Catoosa County
- This Sugartown is located in Catoosa County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sugartown that is located in Beauregard Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Sugartown.
- Missouri
- Montgomery County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sugartown.
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Sugartown is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sugartown that is located in Beauregard Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Sugartown.
- North Carolina
- Yadkin County
- This Sugartown is located in Yadkin County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sugartown that is located in Beauregard Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Sugartown.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Sugartown is located in Chester County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sugartown that is located in Beauregard Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Sugartown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugartown ...
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.
- Bundick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bundick is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
- Dry Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ikes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
- Kipling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kipling is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Longacre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longacre is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longacre
- Marionville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marionville is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
- Tenmile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Sugartown 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 Sugartown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugartown and extending to:
- DeRidder, which is the Seat of Beauregard Parish, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sugartown to DeRidder, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,060 miles [1,705.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sugartown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sugartown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sugartown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sugartown 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 Sugartown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8399, Longitude: -93.0149 In this case, the coordinates for Sugartown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.241 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.071 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.267 degrees. |
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