Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Helene:
  • 30.169642, -90.998434
  • 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 Helene

• 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 Ascension Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
  • Since Belle Helene is near Iberville Parish and also Assumption Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption 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 Helene

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Helene ...

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.

• Cannonburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cannonburg is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonburg
• Cornerview
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
• Dutch Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
• Hillaryville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillaryville is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillaryville
• Louisville ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Louisville is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
• Miles
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Miles is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
• Rearwood ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rearwood is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rearwood
• Smoke Bend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
• Union
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union is located in Saint James Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

• Donaldsonville, which is the Seat of Ascension Parish, lies just to the South.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Belle Helene to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'