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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 Jay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jay and the surrounding area.
- 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 Jay:
- 29.595215, -90.468417
- 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 Jay
- 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 Lafourche Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
- Since Jay is near Terrebonne Parish and also Saint Charles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Jay
Communities Also Named Jay ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Jay.
Within Louisiana, the name Jay is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- This Jay is located in Greene County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the north of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Jay.
- Logan 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 Arkansas community of Jay [Logan County].
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- This Jay is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Jay.
- Georgia
- Lumpkin County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jay [Lumpkin County].
- Indiana
- Switzerland 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 Indiana community of Jay [Switzerland County].
- Iowa
- Clarke County
- This Jay is located in Clarke County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the north of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Jay.
- Kansas
- Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Jay [Leavenworth County].
- Kentucky
- Russell 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 Kentucky community of Jay [Russell County].
- Maine
- Franklin County
- This Jay is located in Franklin County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Jay.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Jay is located in Essex County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Jay.
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Erie County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Jay.
- Oklahoma
- Delaware County
- This Jay is located in Delaware County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Jay.
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg 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 South Carolina community of Jay [Williamsburg County].
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- This Jay is located in Orleans County and lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jay that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Jay.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jay ...
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.
- Bowie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Cut Off
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewistown is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mechanicville is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicville
- Raceland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Ravenwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Valentine
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valentine is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Jay 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 Jay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jay and extending to:
- Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jay to Thibodaux, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,600 miles [12,231 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jay) 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 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 Jay 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 Jay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Jay 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 Jay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5952, Longitude: -90.4684 In this case, the coordinates for Jay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.519 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.894 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.422 degrees. |
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