Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Immaculata, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Immaculata and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Immaculata
- 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 Immaculata:
- 30.724916, -91.970949
- 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 Immaculata
- 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 Landry Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Since Immaculata is near Avoyelles Parish and also Pointe Coupee Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
- eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee 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 Immaculata ...
We found one communities that share the name Immaculata.
Within Louisiana, the name Immaculata is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Immaculata in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Immaculata [Chester County].
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Immaculata ...
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.
- Bat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Bayou Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
- Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Big Cane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Goodwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Grand Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- 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 Saint Landry Parish
- Gum Ridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Half Moon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Half Moon is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Second Lake ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Second Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Lake
- Second Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Taterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taterville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taterville
- Taterville is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Woodside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Immaculata 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 Immaculata to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Immaculata and extending to:
- Opelousas, which is the Seat of Saint Landry Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Immaculata to Opelousas, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,615 miles [12,255.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Immaculata. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Immaculata 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. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Immaculata) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Immaculata. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7249, Longitude: -91.9709 In this case, the coordinates for Immaculata have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Immaculata 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 316.574 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.276 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.858 degrees. |