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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 Blue Lake Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Lake Landing 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 Blue Lake Landing:
- 30.981302, -92.442913
- 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 Blue Lake Landing
- 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 Rapides Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Since Blue Lake Landing is near Evangeline Parish and also Avoyelles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline 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 Blue Lake Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Lake Landing ...
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.
- Clearwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clearwater is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clubhouse Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clubhouse Landing is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Landing
- Dove Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dove Landing is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Landing
- Lake Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Cove is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cove
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Longleaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lyles ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyles is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Meeker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meeker is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Squealer Point Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Turkey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Witchwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Witchwood is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witchwood
How Far From Blue Lake Landing 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 Blue Lake Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blue Lake Landing and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Lake Landing to Alexandria, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 84 miles [135.2 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 1,027 miles [1,652.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,624 miles [12,269.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,499 miles [8,849.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Lake Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Blue Lake Landing 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 Blue Lake Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9813, Longitude: -92.4429 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Lake Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.899 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.69 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.015 degrees. |
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