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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 Cinclare Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cinclare Landing 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 Cinclare Landing:
- 30.392136, -91.224553
- 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 Cinclare Landing
- 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 West Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Cinclare Landing is near East Baton Rouge Parish and also Iberville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville 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 Cinclare Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cinclare Landing ...
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.
- Choctaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- College Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Collegetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Collegetown is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegetown
- Dent Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dent Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent Terrace
- Floyd Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Floyd Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Place
- Heatherstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heatherstone is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Lakecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakecrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
- Lukeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lukeville is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukeville
- Mark ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mark is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Merlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Merlin is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin
- Riverbend
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverbend is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Sardine Point Settlement ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- University Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- University Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
- University Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- University Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- University Shadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- University Shadows is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Shadows
- University Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- University Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
- University View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- University View is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University View
- Zee Zee Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zee Zee Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zee Zee Gardens
How Far From Cinclare Landing 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 Cinclare Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Cinclare Landing once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cinclare Landing and extending to:
- Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the North.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cinclare Landing to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cinclare Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cinclare Landing) 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 Cinclare Landing 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 Cinclare Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3921, Longitude: -91.2246 In this case, the coordinates for Cinclare Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.074 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.648 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.606 degrees. |
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