RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Louisiana >> Iberville Parish >> Grand River >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Grand River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand River 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 Grand River:
    • 30.226586, -91.418444
    • 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 Grand River
  • 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 Iberville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
    • Since Grand River is near Saint Martin Parish and also West Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge 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 Grand River

Communities Also Named Grand River ...

We found eight communities that are also named Grand River.

Within Louisiana, the name Grand River is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, four are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Decatur County
      • This Grand River is located in Decatur County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the north of the Grand River that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Grand River.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Grand River [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Henry 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 Missouri community of Grand River [Henry County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Grand River lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grand River that is located in Iberville Parish.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Grand River.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Grand River lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grand River that is located in Iberville Parish.
    • Ohio
      • Lake County
      • This Grand River is located in Lake County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grand River that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Grand River.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Grand River lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grand River that is located in Iberville Parish.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand River ...

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.

  • Choctaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Choctaw is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • Crescent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Crescent is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Evergreen Plantation
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen Plantation is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Plantation
  • Indian Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lone Star
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Lukeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lukeville is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukeville
  • Lynch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lynch is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
  • Mark ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mark is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
  • Merlin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Merlin is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin
  • Pigeon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pigeon is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
  • Sardine Point Settlement ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tally Ho
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Tally Ho is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally Ho

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

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

  • Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grand River to Plaquemine, with an average speed<4> 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,011 miles [1,627 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,614 miles [12,253.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Grand River) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grand River 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>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 River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 River 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 Grand River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2266, Longitude: -91.4184       In this case, the coordinates for Grand River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.173 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.742 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.705 degrees.