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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 Fairlane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairlane and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fairlane:
    • 29.683822, -90.786759
    • 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 Fairlane
  • 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 Terrebonne Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
    • Since Fairlane is near Lafourche Parish and also Assumption Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption 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 Fairlane

Communities Also Named Fairlane ...

We found seven communities that are also named Fairlane.

Within Louisiana, the name Fairlane is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Houston County
      • This Fairlane is located in Houston County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairlane that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Fairlane.
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • This Fairlane is located in Henry County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fairlane that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Fairlane.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Fairlane [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lowndes 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 Mississippi community of Fairlane [Lowndes County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt County
      • This Fairlane is located in Pitt County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairlane that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Fairlane.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain 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 Ohio community of Fairlane [Lorain County].
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This Fairlane is located in Monroe County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fairlane that is located in Terrebonne Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Fairlane.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairlane ...

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.

  • Central
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Crescent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Cypress Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Ellendale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Gray
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Idlewild
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Isle of Cuba
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Isle of Cuba is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Cuba
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Magnolia Plantation
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
  • Minerva Plantation
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
  • Rebecca Plantation
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rebecca Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Plantation

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

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

  • Houma, which is the Seat of Terrebonne Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Fairlane to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,007 miles [1,620.6 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairlane) 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 Fairlane 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fairlane 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 Fairlane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6838, Longitude: -90.7868       In this case, the coordinates for Fairlane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.722 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.143 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.532 degrees.