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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 Bivins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bivins 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 Bivins:
- 33.020099, -94.200385
- 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 Bivins
- 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Bivins is near Miller County and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Bivins
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bivins ...
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.
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Kildare
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kildare Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kildare Junction is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare Junction
- New Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Colony is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Colony
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Queen City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rambo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rambo is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambo
- Roach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roach is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Three States
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Three States is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three States
How Far From Bivins 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 Bivins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bivins and extending to:
- Linden, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Bivins to Linden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,601 miles [12,232.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bivins) 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 Bivins 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 Bivins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0201, Longitude: -94.2004 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.258 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.546 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.481 degrees. |
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