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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 Alhambra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alhambra and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Alhambra:
    • 30.176586, -91.123159
    • 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 Alhambra
  • 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 Iberville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
    • Since Alhambra is near Ascension Parish and also Assumption Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption 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 Alhambra

Communities Also Named Alhambra ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Alhambra.

Within Louisiana, the name Alhambra is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Alhambra lies 1,942 miles [3,125.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Alhambra is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,251 miles [2,013.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Alhambra.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Alhambra is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Alhambra.
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Alhambra is located in Madison County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the north of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Alhambra.
    • Kentucky
      • Robertson County
      • This Alhambra is located in Robertson County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Alhambra.
    • Mississippi
      • Washington County
      • This Alhambra is located in Washington County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Alhambra.
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Alhambra is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Alhambra.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant 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 New Mexico community of Alhambra [Grant County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Alhambra #
      • This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Alhambra.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Alhambra is located in Amherst County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Alhambra that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Alhambra.
      • Nelson 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 Virginia community of Alhambra [Nelson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alhambra ...

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.

  • Cannonburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cannonburg is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonburg
  • Catherine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Catherine is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
  • Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Goldridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goldridge is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldridge
  • Miles
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Miles is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
  • Samstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Samstown is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samstown
  • Tally Ho
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tally Ho is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally Ho
  • Texas
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Texas is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Willow Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Willow Glen is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen

How Far From Alhambra 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 Alhambra to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alhambra to Plaquemine, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alhambra) 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 Alhambra, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Alhambra 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 Alhambra 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 Alhambra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1766, Longitude: -91.1232       In this case, the coordinates for Alhambra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.986 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.517 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.596 degrees.