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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 Ellerslie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie:
- 29.638565, -91.511562
- 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 Ellerslie
- 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 Mary Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary Parish
- Since Ellerslie is near Iberia Parish and also Saint Martin Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin 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 Ellerslie
Communities Also Named Ellerslie ...
We found nine communities that are also named Ellerslie.
Within Louisiana, the name Ellerslie is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Pasco County
- This Ellerslie is located in Pasco County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the east of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Ellerslie.
- Georgia
- Harris County
- This Ellerslie is located in Harris County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Ellerslie.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Ellerslie is located in Allegany County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Ellerslie.
- Missouri
- Callaway County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellerslie [Callaway County].
- New York
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ellerslie [Columbia County].
- Ulster County
- This Ellerslie is located in Ulster County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Ellerslie.
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ellerslie [Bedford County].
- Bucks County
- This Ellerslie is located in Bucks County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Ellerslie.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Ellerslie lies 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellerslie ...
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 Sale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burns is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fivemile Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fivemile Oaks is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Oaks
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gordy is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordy
- Luke Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luke Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Landing
- Maria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maria is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Maryland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maryland is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Shadyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
How Far From Ellerslie to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ellerslie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellerslie and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Saint Mary Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ellerslie to Franklin, 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 59 miles [95 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,645 miles [12,303.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,521 miles [8,885.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ellerslie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Ellerslie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Ellerslie 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. |
| <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 Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6386, Longitude: -91.5116 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.157 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.644 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.82 degrees. |
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