Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Felps:
  • 30.977123, -90.918713
  • 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 Felps

• 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 East Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
  • Since Felps is near Amite County and also Saint Helena Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Amite County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Helena 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 Felps

Curious and Interesting Names Near Felps ...

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.

• Battle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Battle is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
• Compromise
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Compromise is located in Amite County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compromise
• Enterprise
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise is located in Amite County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Felixville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
• Grays
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grays is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
• Hatchersville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hatchersville is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchersville
• Kents Store ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
• Liberty
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty is located in Amite County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
• Liverpool
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Liverpool is located in Saint Helena Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
• Mount Pleasant
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Sunbeam ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sunbeam is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
• Teddy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Teddy is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Felps and extending to:

• Clinton, which is the Seat of East Feliciana Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Felps to Clinton, with an average speed<2> 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,557 miles [12,161.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,433 miles [8,743.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'