Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dreyfus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dreyfus and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dreyfus
- 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 Dreyfus:
- 30.219641, -91.069547
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dreyfus
- 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 Iberville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
- Since Dreyfus is near Ascension Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dreyfus ...
We found three communities that share the name Dreyfus.
Within Louisiana, the name Dreyfus is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dreyfus ...
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.
- Bayou Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Paul
- Bayou Paul is located in Iberville Parish
- Brown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Cannonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonburg
- Cannonburg is located in Iberville Parish
- Catherine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Iberville Parish
- Cornerview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornerview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Dutch Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Louisville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Louisville is located in Ascension Parish
- Miles
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rearwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Samstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Sunshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Tally Ho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Willow Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Willow Glen is located in Iberville Parish
- Rearwood ‑ Historic
How Far From Dreyfus to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dreyfus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Dreyfus once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dreyfus and extending to:
- Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dreyfus to Plaquemine, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 995 miles [1,601.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Iberville Parish: www.parish.iberville.la.us/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dreyfus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dreyfus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2196, Longitude: -91.0695 In this case, the coordinates for Dreyfus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dreyfus 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dreyfus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Dreyfus to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.959 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.491 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.569 degrees. |