Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ivanhoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivanhoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ivanhoe
- 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 Ivanhoe:
- 29.782708, -91.739839
- 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 Ivanhoe
- 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 Ivanhoe is near Iberia Parish and also Vermilion Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
- eBird sighting report for Vermilion 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 Ivanhoe ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Ivanhoe.
Within Louisiana, the name Ivanhoe is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ivanhoe.
- Shelby County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Shelby County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Ivanhoe.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Ivanhoe [Cook County].
- Lake County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Lake County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Ivanhoe.
- Will County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Will County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the north northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ivanhoe.
- Indiana
- Lake County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Lake County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Ivanhoe.
- Marion County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Marion County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the north northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Ivanhoe.
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Ivanhoe lies 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Ivanhoe lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Fannin County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Fannin County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Ivanhoe.
- Tyler County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west northwest of the Ivanhoe that is located in Saint Mary Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Ivanhoe.
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivanhoe ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonvillain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonvillain
- Bonvillain is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Delaware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Dumesnil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Florence
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Freetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Home Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Lyons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Masters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - United
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ivanhoe and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Saint Mary Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ivanhoe to Franklin, 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 57 miles [91.7 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 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,648 miles [12,308.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ivanhoe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ivanhoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ivanhoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7827, Longitude: -91.7398 In this case, the coordinates for Ivanhoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ivanhoe 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ivanhoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Ivanhoe 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 316.315 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.848 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.89 degrees. |