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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 Angola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angola 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 Angola:
    • 30.951068, -91.570886
    • 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 Angola
  • 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 West Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Feliciana Parish
    • Since Angola is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also Wilkinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson 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 Angola

Communities Also Named Angola ...

We found eight communities that are also named Angola.

Within Louisiana, the name Angola is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Angola [Sussex County].
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • This Angola is located in Steuben County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Angola that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Angola.
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • This Angola is located in Labette County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Angola that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Angola.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Angola is located in Erie County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Angola that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Angola.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Angola is located in Onslow County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Angola that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Angola.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Angola.
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Angola [Gallia County].
    • Virginia
      • Cumberland County
      • This Angola is located in Cumberland County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Angola that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Angola.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Angola ...

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.

  • Brake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brake is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake
  • Eden ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Eden is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Flower Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flower Hill is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
  • Naples ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Naples is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
  • New California
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New California is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
  • Point Breeze
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Point Breeze is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Red River Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Red River Landing is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River Landing
  • Retreat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Retreat is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
  • Rosebank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rosebank is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Solitude
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Solitude is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude

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

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

  • Saint Francisville, which is the Seat of West Feliciana Parish, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Angola to Saint Francisville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Angola 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.
<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- Angola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Angola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Angola 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 Angola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9511, Longitude: -91.5709    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.048 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.665 degrees.