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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 Brulie Maurin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brulie Maurin 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 Brulie Maurin:
- 30.045533, -90.985814
- 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 Brulie Maurin
- 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 Brulie Maurin is near Ascension Parish and also Saint James Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint James 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 Brulie Maurin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brulie Maurin ...
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.
- Central
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Elmfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Free Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Freetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Hillaryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillaryville is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillaryville
- Madewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minnie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minnie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
- Napoleonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smoke Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sweet Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Welcome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Brulie Maurin to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brulie Maurin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brulie Maurin and extending to:
- Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Brulie Maurin to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 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 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brulie Maurin) 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 Brulie Maurin 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 Brulie Maurin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0455, Longitude: -90.9858 In this case, the coordinates for Brulie Maurin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.887 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.383 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.56 degrees. |
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