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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 Colyell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colyell 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 Colyell:
- 30.390470, -90.770096
- 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 Colyell
- 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 Livingston Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
- Since Colyell is near Ascension Parish and also East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge 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 Colyell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colyell ...
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.
- Catfish Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Landing
- Claybank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- French Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Horse Bluff Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Horse Bluff Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Bluff Landing
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Neal Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neal Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Landing
- Tiger Bluff Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tiger Bluff Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bluff Landing
- Union Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Landing
How Far From Colyell 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 Colyell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Colyell and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Livingston Parish, lies just to the North.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Colyell 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 974 miles [1,567.5 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 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colyell) 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 Colyell 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 Colyell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3905, Longitude: -90.7701 In this case, the coordinates for Colyell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.796 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.324 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.427 degrees. |
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