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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 Delwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delwood 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 Delwood:
    • 30.255751, -89.793119
    • 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 Delwood
  • 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 Tammany Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
    • Since Delwood is near Orleans Parish and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
  • 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 Delwood

Communities Also Named Delwood ...

We found three communities that are also named Delwood.

Within Louisiana, the name Delwood is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Pope County
      • This Delwood is located in Pope County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the north of the Delwood that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Delwood.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 Jersey community of Delwood [Camden County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Delwood is located in Johnston County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Delwood that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Delwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delwood ...

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.

  • Bon Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
  • Carolyn Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Carolyn Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolyn Park
  • Eden Isle
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
  • Forest Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Forest Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pines
  • Fountain Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Fountain Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
  • Foxhollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Foxhollow is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
  • Harmony Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony Heights is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights
  • Kings Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kings Point is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Lake Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Gardens is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gardens
  • Lake Shore Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
  • Liberty Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Liberty Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pines
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Palm Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Palm Lake is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Lake
    • Pine Shadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Shadows is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Shadows
    • Pinecrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pinecrest is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Piney Ridge Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Piney Ridge Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge Park

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

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Saint Tammany Parish, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Delwood to Covington, 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.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 937 miles [1,508 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,539 miles [12,132.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,417 miles [8,717.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Delwood) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Delwood 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 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 Delwood 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 Delwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2558, Longitude: -89.7931       In this case, the coordinates for Delwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.19 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.599 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.066 degrees.