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:
- 29.823818, -91.664559
- 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 Saint Mary Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Mary Parish
- Since Home Place is near Iberia Parish and also Saint Martin Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
- eBird sighting report for Saint Martin 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 ...
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Home Place that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Home Place.
- Plaquemines Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Home Place is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Home Place that is located in Saint Mary 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 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Home Place that is located in Saint Mary 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 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Home Place that is located in Saint Mary 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.
- Bonvillain
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonvillain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonvillain
- Bonvillain is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Dumesnil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Farmers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Florence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Four Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Freetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Gold Mine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Ivanhoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Lyons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Masters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Matilda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Richard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - United
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Home Place 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 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:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Saint Mary Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Home Place to Franklin, 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,519 miles [8,882 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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: 29.8238, Longitude: -91.6646 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> | 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 Home Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.274 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.855 degrees. |