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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 Farmers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmers 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 Farmers:
    • 29.862150, -91.637059
    • 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 Farmers
  • 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 Farmers 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 Farmers

Communities Also Named Farmers ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Farmers.

Within Louisiana, the name Farmers is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Farmers is located in Weld County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Farmers.
    • Indiana
      • Owen County
      • This Farmers is located in Owen County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Farmers.
      • Rush County
      • This Farmers is located in Rush County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the north northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Farmers.
    • Kentucky
      • Rowan County
      • This Farmers is located in Rowan County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Farmers.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol 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 Massachusetts community of Farmers [Bristol County].
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa 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 Michigan community of Farmers [Ottawa County].
      • Sanilac County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Farmers [Sanilac County].
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This Farmers is located in Clinton County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Farmers.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Farmers is located in York County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Farmers.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline 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 Virginia community of Farmers [Caroline County].
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Farmers is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmers that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Farmers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmers ...

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.

  • Bonvillain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonvillain is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonvillain
  • Dumesnil
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Dumesnil is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumesnil
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Four Corners is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Freetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Freetown is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Gold Mine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Mine is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
  • Home Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
  • Lyons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lyons is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Masters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Masters is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Matilda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Matilda is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
  • Richard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Richard is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard

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

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

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Saint Mary Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Farmers to Franklin, with an average speed<3> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,516 miles [8,877.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmers) 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 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 Farmers 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 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.
<4>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 Farmers 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 Farmers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8621, Longitude: -91.6371       In this case, the coordinates for Farmers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.262 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.797 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.84 degrees.