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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 Cheniere Caminada, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheniere Caminada 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 Cheniere Caminada:
- 29.210784, -90.050351
- 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 Cheniere Caminada
- 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 Cheniere Caminada is near Lafourche Parish and also Plaquemines Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines 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 Cheniere Caminada
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheniere Caminada ...
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.
- Cut Off
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Deer Range
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
- Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Empire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Filipino ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
- Golden Meadow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Bayou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
- Grand Isle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Happy Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Harlem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Home Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Lake Judge Perez
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Judge Perez is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Judge Perez
- Leeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leeville is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Magnolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Port Sulphur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tropical Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend
How Far From Cheniere Caminada 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 Cheniere Caminada to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cheniere Caminada and extending to:
- Gretna, which is the Seat of Jefferson Parish, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cheniere Caminada to Gretna, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cheniere Caminada) 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 Cheniere Caminada 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 Cheniere Caminada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2108, Longitude: -90.0504 In this case, the coordinates for Cheniere Caminada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.222 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.317 degrees. |
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