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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 Woodardville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodardville 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 Woodardville:
- 32.259880, -93.280170
- 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 Woodardville
- 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 Bienville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
- Since Woodardville is near Red River Parish and also Bossier Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier 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 Woodardville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodardville ...
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.
- Alberta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alberta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Bryan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bryan is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Cooterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cooterville is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooterville
- Cross Roads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Crosskeys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crosskeys is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosskeys
- Ebenezer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Hall Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- High Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- High Island is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Island
- Howard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loggy Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loggy Bayou is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loggy Bayou
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Martin Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Martin Junction is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Junction
- Plum Orchard Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Orchard Landing is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard Landing
- Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridge is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Swift
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Swift is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
How Far From Woodardville 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 Woodardville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woodardville and extending to:
- Arcadia, which is the Seat of Bienville Parish, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodardville to Arcadia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over 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 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodardville) 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 Woodardville 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 Woodardville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2599, Longitude: -93.2802 In this case, the coordinates for Woodardville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.579 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.189 degrees. |
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