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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 Tensas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tensas 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 Tensas:
- 32.050155, -91.250391
- 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 Tensas
- 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 Tensas Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
- Since Tensas is near Claiborne County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Tensas
Communities Also Named Tensas ...
We found two communities that are also named Tensas.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Tensas.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Tensas in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Concordia 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 Tensas [Concordia Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- 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 Alabama community of Tensas [Baldwin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tensas ...
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.
- Crimea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crimea is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimea
- Dearborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dearborn is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
- Ferry Newlight Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Gulf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Hopewell Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Landing
- Hurricane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Justina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Justina is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justina
- Lake Bruin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Bruin is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruin
- Maryland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maryland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Mayflower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayflower is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Newlight
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Pecan Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pecan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Landing
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Wildcat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wildcat is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Tensas 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 Tensas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tensas and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Tensas Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Tensas to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,522 miles [12,105.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,397 miles [8,685.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Tensas 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tensas) 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 Tensas 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 Tensas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0502, Longitude: -91.2504 In this case, the coordinates for Tensas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.275 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.104 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.372 degrees. |
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