Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Encalade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Encalade and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Encalade

• 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 Encalade:
  • 29.519383, -89.730343
  • 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 Encalade

• 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 Plaquemines Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
  • Since Encalade is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Encalade

Curious and Interesting Names Near Encalade ...

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.

• Diamond
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Filipino ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
• Grand Bayou
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
• Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
• Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
• Happy Jack
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
• Home Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
• Magnolia
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Martin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
• Port Sulphur
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Sulphur is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sulphur
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Sulphur <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Encalade and extending to:

• Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Encalade to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,569 miles [12,181.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'