Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Home Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Home Place and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Home Place
- 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 Home Place:
- 29.462717, -89.683397
- 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 Home Place
- 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 Home Place 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 Home Place ...
We found four communities that share the name Home Place.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Home Place.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Home Place that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Home Place.
- Saint Mary Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Home Place is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Home Place that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Home Place.
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- This Home Place is located in Hamilton County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Home Place that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Home Place.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Home Place is located in Calvert County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Home Place that is located in Plaquemines Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Home Place.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Home Place ...
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 east) - Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Empire
(7 miles [11.3 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 <4>
- Grand Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Happy Jack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Sulphur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <4>
- Tropical Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tropical Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 Home Place 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 Home Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Home Place and extending to:
- Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Home Place to Pointe a la Hache, with an average speed<5> 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 111 miles [178.6 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 971 miles [1,562.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Home Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Home Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Home Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4627, Longitude: -89.6834 In this case, the coordinates for Home Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Home Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.034 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.31 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.142 degrees. |