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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 Delaware, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delaware and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Delaware:
    • 29.892150, -91.751227
    • 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 Delaware
  • 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 Iberia Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
    • Since Delaware is near Saint Mary Parish and also Vermilion Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion 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 Delaware

Communities Also Named Delaware ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Delaware.

Within Louisiana, the name Delaware is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Logan County
      • This Delaware is located in Logan County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Delaware.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Delaware is located in Ripley County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Delaware.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the north of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • This Delaware is located in Daviess County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Delaware.
    • Michigan
      • Keweenaw County
      • This Delaware is located in Keweenaw County and lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<1> to the north of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Delaware.
    • Missouri
      • Shannon County
      • This Delaware is located in Shannon County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Delaware.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Delaware is located in Warren County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Delaware.
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Delaware [Albany County].
      • Erie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Delaware [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
    • Oklahoma
      • Nowata County
      • This Delaware is located in Nowata County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nowata County community of Delaware.
    • Ontario
      • This Delaware lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pike County
      • This Delaware is located in Pike County and lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<1> to the northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Delaware.
    • Texas
      • Brown County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Delaware [Brown County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • This Delaware is located in Southampton County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Delaware that is located in Iberia Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Delaware.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delaware ...

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.

  • Bonvillain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonvillain is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonvillain
  • Dumesnil
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dumesnil is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumesnil
  • Emma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Emma is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Farmers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Farmers is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
  • Florence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Florence is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Four Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Four Corners is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Gajan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gajan is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gajan
  • Home Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
  • Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hope is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Ivanhoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Lydia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Lyons
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lyons is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
    • Masters
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Masters is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
    • Matilda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Matilda is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • United
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • United is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United

How Far From Delaware 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 Delaware to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Delaware and extending to:

  • New Iberia, which is the Seat of Iberia Parish, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Delaware to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 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 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,520 miles [8,883.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Delaware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Delaware could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Delaware 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 Delaware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8922, Longitude: -91.7512       In this case, the coordinates for Delaware have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.336 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.887 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.881 degrees.