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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 Bayou Blue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayou Blue 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 Bayou Blue:
- 29.645367, -90.687622
- 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 Bayou Blue
- 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 Lafourche Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
- Since Bayou Blue is near Terrebonne Parish and also Saint Charles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Bayou Blue
Communities Also Named Bayou Blue ...
We found one communities that are also named Bayou Blue.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Bayou Blue.
Beyond Louisiana.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Terrebonne Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Bayou Blue [Terrebonne Parish].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayou Blue ...
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.
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Cypress Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cypress Gardens is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
- Ellendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Gray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewild
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Mechanicville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mechanicville is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicville
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Raceland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Bayou Blue 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 Bayou Blue to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bayou Blue and extending to:
- Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bayou Blue to Thibodaux, with an average speed<4> 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 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 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 Bayou Blue 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Bayou Blue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bayou Blue 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 Bayou Blue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6454, Longitude: -90.6876 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.062 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.499 degrees. |
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