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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 Dawson Switch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawson Switch 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 Dawson Switch:
- 30.718241, -91.570115
- 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 Dawson Switch
- 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 Pointe Coupee Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Since Dawson Switch is near West Feliciana Parish and also Saint Landry Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Feliciana Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry 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 Dawson Switch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawson Switch ...
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.
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Blanks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coon is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- False River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- False River is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River
- Goodwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goodwood is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwood
- Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Island is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Knapp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Lottie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Majors
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Majors is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Mix
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mix is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix
- New Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Oscar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Quick is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Randall ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Ravenswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Solitude
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
How Far From Dawson Switch to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dawson Switch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dawson Switch and extending to:
- New Roads, which is the Seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, lies just to the East.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Dawson Switch to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 996 miles [1,602.9 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 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 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,473 miles [8,807.9 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- Dawson Switch) 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 Dawson Switch 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 Dawson Switch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7182, Longitude: -91.5701 In this case, the coordinates for Dawson Switch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.326 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.985 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.698 degrees. |
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