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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 Blanks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanks 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 Blanks:
- 30.553247, -91.600390
- 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 Blanks
- 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 Pointe Coupee Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Since Blanks is near Iberville Parish and also Saint Landry 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 Saint Landry 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 Blanks
Communities Also Named Blanks ...
We found two communities that are also named Blanks.
Within Louisiana, the name Blanks is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Caldwell County
- 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 Texas community of Blanks [Caldwell County].
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- This Blanks is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blanks that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Blanks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanks ...
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.
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Elliot City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elliot City is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot City
- False River
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- False River is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River
- Frogmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frogmore is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Lottie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mix is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix
- Oscar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quick
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quick is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Ravenswood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Slacks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slacks is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks
- Sparks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Blanks 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 Blanks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanks and extending to:
- New Roads, which is the Seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blanks to New Roads, 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 four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 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 40 days and walking would take 58 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 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Blanks 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blanks 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 Blanks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5532, Longitude: -91.6004 In this case, the coordinates for Blanks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.962 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.733 degrees. |
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