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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 Flower Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill:
    • 30.881847, -91.416781
    • 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 Flower Hill
  • 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 West Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Feliciana Parish
    • Since Flower Hill is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also Wilkinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
  • 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 Flower Hill

Communities Also Named Flower Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Flower Hill.

Within Louisiana, the name Flower Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lawrence County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Lawrence County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flower Hill that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Flower Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flower Hill that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Flower Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren 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 Flower Hill [Warren County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Nassau County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flower Hill that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Flower Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Flower Hill [Randolph County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Flower Hill [Delaware County].
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west of the Flower Hill that is located in West Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Flower Hill.
      • Colorado County
      • Although located in Colorado County, we don't know the location within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Flower Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flower Hill ...

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.

  • Alice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alice is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
  • Brake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Brake is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake
  • Converse ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
  • Elm Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elm Park is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
  • Hardwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hardwood is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood
  • Retreat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Retreat is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
  • Rosebank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosebank is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Solitude
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Solitude is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
  • Spillman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Spillman is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillman

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

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

  • Saint Francisville, which is the Seat of West Feliciana Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Flower Hill to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 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 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,583 miles [12,203.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,459 miles [8,785.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flower Hill) 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 Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8818, Longitude: -91.4168       In this case, the coordinates for Flower Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.25 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.919 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.613 degrees.