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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 Lacassine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lacassine 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 Lacassine:
- 30.235485, -92.921537
- 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 Lacassine
- 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 Jefferson Davis Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- Since Lacassine is near Calcasieu Parish and also Allen Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Lacassine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lacassine ...
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.
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chalkley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalkley is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkley
- Chloe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Edna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Edna is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Foremans Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Foremans Hall is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foremans Hall
- Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harbor is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Hecker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hecker is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecker
- Iowa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Pine Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Welsh
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welsh is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,195 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welsh <1>
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Lacassine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lacassine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lacassine and extending to:
- Jennings, which is the Seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lacassine to Jennings, with an average speed<3> 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,679 miles [12,358.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,555 miles [8,939.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lacassine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lacassine 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 Lacassine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2355, Longitude: -92.9215 In this case, the coordinates for Lacassine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.105 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.304 degrees. |
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