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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 Lake Arthur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur:
- 30.079500, -92.677323
- 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 Lake Arthur
- 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 Lake Arthur is near Vermilion Parish and also Cameron Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron 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 Lake Arthur
Communities Also Named Lake Arthur ...
We found two communities that are also named Lake Arthur.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Lake Arthur.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Lake Arthur in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Calcasieu Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Lake Arthur [Calcasieu Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Chaves County
- This Lake Arthur is located in Chaves County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lake Arthur that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Lake Arthur.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Arthur ...
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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Florence Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florence Landing is located in Vermilion Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Landing
- Foremans Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foremans Hall is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foremans Hall
- Illinois Plant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Illinois Plant is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Plant
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lyons Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons Point is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Point
- Morse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Vermilion Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Silverwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silverwood is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Welsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <3>
How Far From Lake Arthur 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 town such as Lake Arthur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Arthur and extending to:
- Jennings, which is the Seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Arthur to Jennings, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,676 miles [12,353.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lake Arthur 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> | 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- Lake Arthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake Arthur 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 Lake Arthur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0795, Longitude: -92.6773 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Arthur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.609 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.225 degrees. |
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