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Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Idlewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idlewood 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 Idlewood:
    • 30.032146, -89.956457
    • 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 Idlewood
  • 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 Orleans Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
    • Since Idlewood is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Idlewood

Communities Also Named Idlewood ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Idlewood.

Within Louisiana, the name Idlewood is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Idlewood is located in Coffee County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Idlewood.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Idlewood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the north northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Idlewood.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Idlewood is located in Bibb County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Idlewood.
      • Burke County
      • This Idlewood is located in Burke County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the east northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Idlewood.
      • Newton County
      • This Idlewood is located in Newton County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km] to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Idlewood.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This Idlewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the north of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Idlewood.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Idlewood is located in Baltimore City and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Idlewood.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Idlewood is located in Bristol County and lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Idlewood.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Idlewood [Erie County].
    • North Carolina
      • Scotland County
      • This Idlewood is located in Scotland County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Idlewood.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Idlewood is located in Hamilton County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Idlewood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Idlewood is located in Allegheny County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Idlewood.
      • Bucks County
      • This Idlewood is located in Bucks County and lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km] to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Idlewood.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Idlewood is located in Greenwood County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Idlewood.
      • Sumter County
      • This Idlewood is located in Sumter County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km] to the east northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Idlewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Idlewood is located in Williamson County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Idlewood.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Idlewood is located in Roanoke City and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Idlewood.
      • Suffolk City
      • This Idlewood is located in Suffolk City and lies 896 miles [1,442 km] to the northeast of the Idlewood that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Idlewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Idlewood ...

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.

  • Camp Leroy Johnson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Camp Leroy Johnson is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Leroy Johnson
  • Cutoff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cutoff is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
  • Cypress Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Ferncrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ferncrest is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncrest
  • Frances Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kingswood is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Little Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Little Woods is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Woods
  • Spanish Fort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Spanish Fort is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Story
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Story Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
  • Storyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Storyville is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storyville
  • Venetian Isles
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Venetian Isles is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Isles
  • Willow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Brook is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

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

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

  • New Orleans, which is the Seat of Orleans Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Idlewood to New Orleans, 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,557 miles [12,161.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,434 miles [8,745.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Idlewood) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Idlewood 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>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 Idlewood 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 Idlewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0321, Longitude: -89.9565       In this case, the coordinates for Idlewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.263 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.654 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.163 degrees.