Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bonnabel Place:
  • 29.997147, -90.143129
  • 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 Bonnabel Place

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonnabel Place ...

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.

• Bucktown
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bucktown is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
• Camp Leroy Johnson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Camp Leroy Johnson is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Leroy Johnson
• Garden District
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden District is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden District
• Greenville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greenville is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
• Indian Beach
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Indian Beach is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Beach
• Lakeview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lakeview is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Little Farms ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Farms is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Farms
• Spanish Fort
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
• Storyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Storyville is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storyville
• Walnut Street Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Street Ferry is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Street Ferry

How Far From Bonnabel Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bonnabel Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bonnabel Place and extending to:

• Gretna, which is the Seat of Jefferson Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Bonnabel Place to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 964 miles [1,551.4 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 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,567 miles [12,177.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,444 miles [8,761.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'