Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Town East:
  • 32.525698, -91.987631
  • 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 Town East

• 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 Town East is near Richland Parish and also Morehouse 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 Morehouse 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 Town East

Curious and Interesting Names Near Town East ...

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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cypress Point is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
• Edgewater
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Edgewater is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Garden Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden Park is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
• Hidden Oaks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hidden Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
• Lakeshore
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lakeshore is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
• Lakeview Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview Park is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
• Leisure Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
• Magenta
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Magenta is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
• Oliver
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
• Pecan Bayou
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pecan Bayou is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Bayou
• Spanish City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City

How Far From Town East 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 Town East to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Monroe, which is the Seat of Ouachita Parish, lies just to the West.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Town East 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 945 miles [1,520.8 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 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,532 miles [12,121.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,407 miles [8,701.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'