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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 Womack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Womack 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 Womack:
    • 32.238211, -92.472923
    • 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 Womack
  • 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 Jackson Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
    • Since Womack is near Winn Parish and also Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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 Womack

Communities Also Named Womack ...

We found seven communities that are also named Womack.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Womack.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Red River Parish
      • This Womack is located in Red River Parish and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west of the Womack that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Womack.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Womack [Calhoun County].
    • Missouri
      • Sainte Genevieve County
      • This Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Womack that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Womack.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in McClain County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Womack.
    • Tennessee
      • Warren County
      • This Womack is located in Warren County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Womack that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Womack.
    • Texas
      • Bosque County
      • This Womack is located in Bosque County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the west of the Womack that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bosque County community of Womack.
      • Victoria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Womack [Victoria County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Womack ...

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.

  • Chester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Gaars Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaars Mill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaars Mill
  • Gulf Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Gulf Crossing is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Crossing
  • Hebron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Hickory Springs ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Springs is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Springs
  • Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Lyons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lyons is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Vixen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
  • Wood Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wood Junction is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Junction

How Far From Womack to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Womack to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Womack and extending to:

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Womack to Jonesboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Womack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Womack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Womack 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Womack 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 Womack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2382, Longitude: -92.4729       In this case, the coordinates for Womack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.063 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.047 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.852 degrees.