Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tall Timbers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall Timbers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tall Timbers
- 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 Tall Timbers:
- 32.561262, -93.579620
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tall Timbers
- 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- Since Tall Timbers is near Webster Parish and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
- eBird sighting report for Caddo 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tall Timbers ...
We found five communities that share the name Tall Timbers.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Tall Timbers.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Orleans Parish
- This Tall Timbers is located in Orleans Parish and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Bossier Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Tall Timbers.
- Orleans Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tall Timbers [Grant County].
- LaGrange County
- This Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Bossier Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Tall Timbers.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Tall Timbers is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Bossier Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tall Timbers.
- Saint Mary's County
- This Tall Timbers is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km] to the east northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Bossier Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Tall Timbers.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall Timbers ...
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.
- Happy Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Meadows
- Happy Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
- Holly Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
- Leslie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Merrywoods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrywoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywoods
- Merrywoods is located in Bossier Parish
- Mimosa Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mimosa Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Gardens
- Mimosa Gardens is located in Bossier Parish
- Red Chute
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Shady Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Park
- Shady Park is located in Bossier Parish
- Swan Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Wafer Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wafer Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafer Forest
- Wafer Forest is located in Bossier Parish
How Far From Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tall Timbers and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tall Timbers to Benton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,473 miles [8,807.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tall Timbers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bossier Parish: www.mybossier.com/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tall Timbers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tall Timbers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5613, Longitude: -93.5796 In this case, the coordinates for Tall Timbers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tall Timbers 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tall Timbers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.956 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.276 degrees. |