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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 Yucatan Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yucatan Landing 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 Yucatan Landing:
- 32.078168, -91.157518
- 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 Yucatan Landing
- 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 Tensas Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
- Since Yucatan Landing is near Claiborne County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- 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 Yucatan Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yucatan Landing ...
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.
- Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Crimea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crimea is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimea
- Dearborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dearborn is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
- Grand Gulf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadow is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- King
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- King is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Lake Bruin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bruin is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruin
- Wildcat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wildcat is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Yucatan Landing 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 Yucatan Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yucatan Landing and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Tensas Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yucatan Landing to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<2> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south (S). 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 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,517 miles [12,097.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,392 miles [8,677.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yucatan Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Yucatan Landing 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 Yucatan Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0782, Longitude: -91.1575 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.22 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.044 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.33 degrees. |
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