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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yucatan Landing
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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) - Crimea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Dearborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Grand Gulf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Gulf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Green Meadow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Green Meadow is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - King
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Lake Bruin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Bruin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruin
- Lake Bruin is located in Tensas Parish
- Wildcat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Yucatan Landing 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 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<2> beginning in Yucatan Landing and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Tensas Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yucatan Landing to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,392 miles [8,677.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yucatan Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yucatan Landing) to Point B.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 |
| <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 Yucatan Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.22 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.33 degrees. |