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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 Laurel Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Laurel Grove:
    • 29.823818, -90.878984
    • 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 Laurel Grove
  • 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 Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove

Communities Also Named Laurel Grove ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Laurel Grove.

Within Louisiana, the name Laurel Grove is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Clay County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Clay County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Fulton County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Kentucky
      • Menifee County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Menifee County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Coos County and lies 2,055 miles [3,307.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Franklin County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Franklin County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Anderson County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Laurel Grove.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Laurel Grove [Fairfax County].
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Laurel Grove.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Westmoreland County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Laurel Grove.
      • Wise County
      • This Laurel Grove is located in Wise County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Lafourche Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Laurel Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Grove ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
  • Isle of Cuba
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Isle of Cuba is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Cuba
  • Lowlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lowlands is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowlands
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Magnolia Plantation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
  • Minerva Plantation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
  • Rosedale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Supreme
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
  • Twelve Cedars
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Twelve Cedars is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Cedars
  • Woodlawn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel Grove and extending to:

  • Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Laurel Grove to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Laurel Grove) 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 Laurel Grove 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>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 Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8238, Longitude: -90.8790       In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.795 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.246 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.549 degrees.