Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Williana:
  • 31.670171, -92.566255
  • 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 Williana

• 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 Grant Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
  • Since Williana is near Winn Parish and also La Salle Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Williana

Curious and Interesting Names Near Williana ...

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.

• Breezy Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Breezy Hill is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
• Dry Prong
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Dry Prong is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Prong
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Prong <1>
• Faircloth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Faircloth is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faircloth
• Lutes
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lutes is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
• Mudville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mudville is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
• Oak Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Prairie Home ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Prairie Home is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
• Sand Spur
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sand Spur is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spur
• Tide ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tide is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide
• Zion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Williana and extending to:

• Colfax, which is the Seat of Grant Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Williana to Colfax, with an average speed<3> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,472 miles [8,806.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'