Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in L T Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to L T Plantation and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for L T Plantation

• 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 L T Plantation:
  • 29.834928, -90.887595
  • 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 L T Plantation

• 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 L T Plantation is near Assumption Parish and also Terrebonne Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne 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 L T Plantation

Curious and Interesting Names Near L T Plantation ...

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.

• Chackbay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
• Elmer
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Elmer is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
• Georgia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
• Himalaya
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
• Isle of Cuba
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Isle of Cuba is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Cuba
• Little Texas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little Texas is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
• Lowlands
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lowlands is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowlands
• Rosedale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
• Supreme
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
• Twelve Cedars
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Twelve Cedars is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Cedars
• Woodlawn
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From L T Plantation 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 L T Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in L T Plantation and extending to:

• Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from L T Plantation to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,608 miles [12,243.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'