Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Belle Terre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Terre and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Belle Terre
- 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 Terre:
- 30.069644, -91.015933
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Belle Terre
- 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 Assumption Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Assumption Parish
- Since Belle Terre is near Ascension Parish and also Saint James Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
- eBird sighting report for Saint James 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Belle Terre ...
We found four communities that share the name Belle Terre.
There are two communities within Louisiana that are also named Belle Terre.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Iberville 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 Belle Terre [Iberville Parish].
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- This Belle Terre is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the east of the Belle Terre that is located in Assumption Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint John the Baptist Parish community of Belle Terre.
- Iberville Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Belle Terre is located in Jefferson County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Belle Terre that is located in Assumption Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Belle Terre.
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Belle Terre that is located in Assumption Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Belle Terre.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Terre ...
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.
- Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Freetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Grand Bayou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Hillaryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillaryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillaryville
- Hillaryville is located in Ascension Parish
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Miles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Minnie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Rearwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Smoke Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smoke Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Sweet Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Belle Terre 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 Terre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belle Terre and extending to:
- Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Belle Terre to Napoleonville, with an average speed<4> 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 Belle Terre 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belle Terre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belle Terre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0696, Longitude: -91.0159 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Terre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Terre to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.411 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.568 degrees. |