Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grand Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Prairie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grand Prairie
- 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 Grand Prairie:
- 29.485217, -89.686453
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Grand Prairie
- 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 Plaquemines Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
- Since Grand Prairie is near Jefferson Parish and also Saint Bernard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
- eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Grand Prairie ...
We found four communities that share the name Grand Prairie.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Grand Prairie.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Grand Prairie is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grand Prairie that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Grand Prairie.
- Saint Landry Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Grand Prairie is located in Will County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the north of the Grand Prairie that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Grand Prairie.
- Kansas
- Brown County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Grand Prairie.
- Texas
- Dallas County
- This Grand Prairie is located in Dallas County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grand Prairie that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Grand Prairie.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Prairie ...
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.
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Empire is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <5>
- Grand Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Happy Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Home Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Point Pleasant is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Port Sulphur
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Sulphur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sulphur
- Port Sulphur is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Sulphur <5>
- Tropical Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tropical Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend
- Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
How Far From Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Grand Prairie once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Grand Prairie and extending to:
- Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Grand Prairie to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,569 miles [12,181.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
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- Grand Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4852, Longitude: -89.6865 In this case, the coordinates for Grand Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grand Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Grand Prairie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.038 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.318 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.14 degrees. |