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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 Sale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayou Sale 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 Sale:
- 29.743314, -91.435963
- 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 Sale
- 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 Saint Mary Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary Parish
- Since Bayou Sale is near Assumption Parish and also Iberia Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberia 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 Sale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayou Sale ...
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.
- Camperdown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Camperdown is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camperdown
- Centerville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irish Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- Katy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Katy is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Maria
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Maryland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maryland is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Shadyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shadyside is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
How Far From Bayou Sale to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Sale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bayou Sale and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Saint Mary Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bayou Sale to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,513 miles [8,872.3 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- Bayou Sale) 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 Bayou Sale 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 Sale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7433, Longitude: -91.4360 In this case, the coordinates for Bayou Sale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.124 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.62 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.776 degrees. |
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