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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Vining Mills.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vining Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vining Mills 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 Vining Mills:
- 32.699592, -92.742375<1>
- 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 Vining Mills
- 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 Lincoln Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln Parish
- Since Vining Mills is near Claiborne Parish and also Union Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Vining Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vining Mills ...
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.
- Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Henry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Hilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilly is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilly
- Liberty Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Sugar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Unionville is also located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Wise ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wise was located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Vining Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers included the distance from a community such as Vining Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Vining Mills once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Vining Mills and extending to:
- Ruston, which is the Seat of Lincoln Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vining Mills to Ruston, with an average speed<5> 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 181 miles [291.3 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 976 miles [1,570.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,555 miles [12,158.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,431 miles [8,740.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Vining Mills:
Decimal: 32.69959, -92.742375
DDMMSS: 32° 41' 58", -92° 44' 32" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Vining Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vining Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vining Mills 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 Vining Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6996, Longitude: -92.7424 In this case, the coordinates for Vining Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.284 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.366 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.898 degrees. |
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