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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 Boeuf, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boeuf 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 Boeuf:
- 29.661321, -91.096211
- 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 Boeuf
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption Parish
- Since Boeuf is near Saint Mary Parish and also Terrebonne Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne 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 Boeuf
Communities Also Named Boeuf ...
We found two communities that are also named Boeuf.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Boeuf.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Boeuf in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Ouachita 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 Boeuf [Ouachita Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This Boeuf is located in Chicot County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the north of the Boeuf that is located in Assumption Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Boeuf.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boeuf ...
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.
- Bayou Crab
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bayou Crab is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Crab
- Bull Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bull Run is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Donner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Georgia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Himalaya
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
- Idlewild
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lower Texas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lower Texas is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Texas
- Lowlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lowlands is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowlands
- Upper Texas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Upper Texas is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Texas
How Far From Boeuf 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 Boeuf to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boeuf and extending to:
- Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boeuf to Napoleonville, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,022 miles [1,644.7 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 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,625 miles [12,271.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Boeuf 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boeuf) 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 Boeuf 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 Boeuf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6613, Longitude: -91.0962 In this case, the coordinates for Boeuf have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.355 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.655 degrees. |
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