Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dutch Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch Town and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dutch Town
- 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 Dutch Town:
- 30.254603, -90.989066
- 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 Dutch Town
- 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 Ascension Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
- Since Dutch Town is near Iberville Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iberville 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 Dutch Town ...
We found two communities that share the name Dutch Town.
Within Louisiana, the name Dutch Town is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dutch Town [DeKalb County].
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Dutch Town is located in Brooke County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Dutch Town that is located in Ascension Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Dutch Town.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch Town ...
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.
- Cannonburg
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Cornerview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- 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
- Duckroost
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Highland Community
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Community have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Community
- Highland Community is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Highlandia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highlandia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandia
- Highlandia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Hopeville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Little Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Louisville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- 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
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Pecan Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Cove
- Pecan Cove is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Pecan Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Creek
- Pecan Creek is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Prairieville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Prairieville is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairieville <4>
- Rearwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Round Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- 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
- Prairieville
How Far From Dutch Town 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 Dutch Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dutch Town and extending to:
- Donaldsonville, which is the Seat of Ascension Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dutch Town to Donaldsonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 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 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,593 miles [12,219.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dutch Town. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ascension Parish: www.ascensionparish.net/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dutch Town 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dutch Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dutch Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2546, Longitude: -90.9891 |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dutch Town 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 315.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.443 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.532 degrees. |