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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 Carlyss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carlyss 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 Carlyss:
- 30.168912, -93.376096
- 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 Carlyss
- 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 Calcasieu Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
- Since Carlyss is near Cameron Parish and also Beauregard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beauregard 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 Carlyss
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlyss ...
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.
- Brimstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brimstone is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone
- Lake Charles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lockmoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lockmoor is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockmoor
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mossville is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Prairieland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prairieland is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieland
- Rose Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bluff
- Sulphur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- University Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- University Place is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
How Far From Carlyss 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 Carlyss to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carlyss and extending to:
- Lake Charles, which is the Seat of Calcasieu Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carlyss to Lake Charles, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,986 miles [11,242.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,578 miles [8,976.9 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' (or 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- Carlyss) 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 Carlyss 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 Carlyss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1689, Longitude: -93.3761 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.381 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.146 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.496 degrees. |
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