Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Beshel:
  • 29.559938, -89.770899
  • 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 Beshel

• 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 Plaquemines Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
  • Since Beshel is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Beshel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beshel ...

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.

• Diamond
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Filipino ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
• Grand Bayou
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
• Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
• Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
• Happy Jack
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
• Lake Judge Perez
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lake Judge Perez is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Judge Perez
• Magnolia
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Martin
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
• Port Sulphur
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Sulphur is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sulphur
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Sulphur <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beshel and extending to:

• Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Beshel to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,569 miles [12,181.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'