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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 Fordoche, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fordoche 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 Fordoche:
- 30.594721, -91.611766
- 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 Fordoche
- 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 Pointe Coupee Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Since Fordoche is near Saint Landry Parish and also Iberville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville 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 Fordoche
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fordoche ...
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.
- Argyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Blanks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elliot City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot City is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot City
- False River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- False River is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River
- Frogmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frogmore is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Lottie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mix is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix
- Quick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quick is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Ravenswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Fordoche to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Fordoche to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fordoche and extending to:
- New Roads, which is the Seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fordoche to New Roads, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,004 miles [1,615.8 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 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,605 miles [12,239.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Fordoche) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fordoche 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 Fordoche. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5947, Longitude: -91.6118 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.337 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.981 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.731 degrees. |
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