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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 Belle Chaney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Chaney 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 Belle Chaney:
- 30.887971, -92.419578
- 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 Belle Chaney
- 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 Evangeline Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline Parish
- Since Belle Chaney is near Rapides Parish and also Avoyelles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles 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 Belle Chaney
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Chaney ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clearwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clearwater is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clubhouse Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clubhouse Landing is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Landing
- Cypress Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cypress Creek is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Dove Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dove Landing is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Landing
- Lake Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Cove is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cove
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Meridian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meridian is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Pine Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Squealer Point Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turkey Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Belle Chaney 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 Belle Chaney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Belle Chaney once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Belle Chaney and extending to:
- Ville Platte, which is the Seat of Evangeline Parish, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belle Chaney to Ville Platte, 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 80 miles [128.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,029 miles [1,656 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,627 miles [12,274.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Belle Chaney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belle Chaney) 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 Belle Chaney 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 Belle Chaney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8880, Longitude: -92.4196 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Chaney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.017 degrees. |
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