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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 Truxno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Truxno 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 Truxno:
- 32.947175, -92.405195
- 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 Truxno
- 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 Union Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
- Since Truxno is near Union County and also Lincoln Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Truxno
Curious and Interesting Names Near Truxno ...
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.
- Cecil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cherry Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Farmerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Quigley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Quigley is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
- Sadie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sadie is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
- Sandy Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Bend is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bend
- Spearsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Strong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Truxno 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 Truxno to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Truxno and extending to:
- Farmerville, which is the Seat of Union Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Truxno to Farmerville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,530 miles [12,118.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,405 miles [8,698.5 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- Truxno) 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 Truxno 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 Truxno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9472, Longitude: -92.4052 In this case, the coordinates for Truxno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.096 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.179 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.718 degrees. |
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