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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 Larose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larose 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 Larose:
- 29.572438, -90.381748
- 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 Larose
- 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 Larose is near Saint Charles Parish and also Terrebonne Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Larose
Communities Also Named Larose ...
We found one communities that are also named Larose.
Within Louisiana, the name Larose is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Larose in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Elk County
- 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 Kansas community of Larose [Elk County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Larose ...
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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Cut Off
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Meadow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Ravenwood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Valentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valentine is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Larose to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Larose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Larose and extending to:
- Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Larose to Thibodaux, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 76 miles [122.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 995 miles [1,601.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 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 Larose 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Larose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Larose 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 Larose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5724, Longitude: -90.3817 In this case, the coordinates for Larose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.464 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.392 degrees. |
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