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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 Golden Star Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Star Plantation 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 Golden Star Plantation:
- 29.929372, -90.662589
- 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 Golden Star Plantation
- 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 John the Baptist Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Since Golden Star Plantation is near Saint James Parish and also Lafourche Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint James Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche 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 Golden Star Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Star Plantation ...
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.
- Chackbay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Choctaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Choctaw is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Chopin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chopin is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
- Duke ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duke is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Garyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grand View ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Marathon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marathon is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Miles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miles is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Oak Alley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Alley is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Alley
- Pikes Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Sport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sport is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sport
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welcome is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Willow Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Golden Star Plantation 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 Golden Star Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golden Star Plantation and extending to:
- Edgard, which is the Seat of Saint John the Baptist Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Star Plantation to Edgard, 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 46 miles [74 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 991 miles [1,594.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,593 miles [12,219.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golden Star Plantation) 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 Golden Star Plantation 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 Golden Star Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9294, Longitude: -90.6626 In this case, the coordinates for Golden Star Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.677 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.123 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.45 degrees. |
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