Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bayou Sorrel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayou Sorrel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bayou Sorrel

• 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 Sorrel:
  • 30.161865, -91.335665
  • 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 Sorrel

• 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 Bayou Sorrel is near Saint Martin Parish and also West Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge 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 Sorrel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayou Sorrel ...

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.

• Catherine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Catherine is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
• Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Choctaw
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Choctaw is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
• Crescent
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crescent is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Goldridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Goldridge is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldridge
• Grand River
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand River is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
• Indian Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
• Lone Star
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Star is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Pigeon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pigeon is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
• Samstown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Samstown is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samstown
• Tally Ho
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tally Ho is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally Ho

How Far From Bayou Sorrel to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Sorrel to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bayou Sorrel and extending to:

• Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bayou Sorrel to Plaquemine, with an average speed<2> 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,010 miles [1,625.4 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,613 miles [12,251.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'