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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 Coteau Holmes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coteau Holmes 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 Coteau Holmes:
- 30.129922, -91.726225
- 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 Coteau Holmes
- 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 Saint Martin Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
- Since Coteau Holmes is near Iberia Parish and also Lafayette Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Coteau Holmes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coteau Holmes ...
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.
- Bankers
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
- Gajan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gajan is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gajan
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hazel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hazel is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Independent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Independent is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent
- John ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- John is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John
- Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesburg is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Parks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Coteau Holmes 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 Coteau Holmes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coteau Holmes and extending to:
- Saint Martinville, which is the Seat of Saint Martin Parish, lies just to the West.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Coteau Holmes to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 1,029 miles [1,656 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,508 miles [8,864.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coteau Holmes) 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 Coteau Holmes 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 Coteau Holmes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1299, Longitude: -91.7262 In this case, the coordinates for Coteau Holmes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.35 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.936 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.84 degrees. |
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