Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Grande Ecaille, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grande Ecaille and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grande Ecaille

• 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 Grande Ecaille:
  • 29.379110, -89.780624
  • 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 Grande Ecaille

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
  • Since Grande Ecaille is near Jefferson Parish and also Saint Bernard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Grande Ecaille

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grande Ecaille ...

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
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
• Diamond
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Empire
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Empire is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <1>
• Grand Bayou
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
• Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
• Happy Jack
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
• Home Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
• Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Point Pleasant is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
• Port Sulphur
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Sulphur is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sulphur
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Sulphur <1>
• Tropical Bend
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend

How Far From Grande Ecaille 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 community such as Grande Ecaille to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grande Ecaille and extending to:

• Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Grande Ecaille to Pointe a la Hache, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,457 miles [8,782.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'