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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 Bobtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bobtown 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 Bobtown:
    • 29.473829, -90.700923
    • 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 Bobtown
  • 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 Terrebonne Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
    • Since Bobtown is near Lafourche Parish and also Assumption Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche 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 Bobtown

Communities Also Named Bobtown ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bobtown.

Within Louisiana, the name Bobtown is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Bobtown is located in Menard County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the north of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Bobtown.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Bobtown is located in Jackson County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bobtown.
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Bobtown is located in Madison County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bobtown.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Bobtown is located in Pulaski County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the north northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Bobtown.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Bobtown.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bobtown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Bobtown is located in Greene County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Bobtown.
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Bobtown is located in Franklin County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bobtown.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Bobtown is located in Accomack County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Bobtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bobtown ...

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 northwest)
    • Argyle is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Crescent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Cypress Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Ellendale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Idlewild
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Idlewild is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Mechanicville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mechanicville is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicville
  • Mulberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mulberry is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Sunshine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunshine is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Waterproof
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterproof is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterproof
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Woodlawn is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bobtown and extending to:

  • Houma, which is the Seat of Terrebonne Parish, lies just to the North.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bobtown to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over 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 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,616 miles [12,256.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bobtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bobtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bobtown 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.
<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 Bobtown 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 Bobtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4738, Longitude: -90.7009       In this case, the coordinates for Bobtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.644 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.024 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.528 degrees.