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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 Brusle Saint Vincent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brusle Saint Vincent 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 Brusle Saint Vincent:
- 29.959924, -91.070378
- 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 Brusle Saint Vincent
- 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 Brusle Saint Vincent is near Ascension Parish and also Saint Martin 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 Martin 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 Brusle Saint Vincent
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brusle Saint Vincent ...
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.
- Elm Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Hall is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall
- Elm Hall Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Hall Junction is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall Junction
- Elmfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Enola
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Enola is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Grand Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Madewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Magnolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Napoleonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sweet Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Brusle Saint Vincent 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 Brusle Saint Vincent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brusle Saint Vincent and extending to:
- Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Brusle Saint Vincent to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,007 miles [1,620.6 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brusle Saint Vincent) 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 Brusle Saint Vincent 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 Brusle Saint Vincent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9599, Longitude: -91.0704 In this case, the coordinates for Brusle Saint Vincent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.928 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.42 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.605 degrees. |
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