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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 Ledoux, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ledoux 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 Ledoux:
- 30.619086, -92.190124
- 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 Ledoux
- 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 Saint Landry Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Since Ledoux is near Evangeline Parish and also Acadia Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Acadia 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 Ledoux
Communities Also Named Ledoux ...
We found two communities that are also named Ledoux.
Within Louisiana, the name Ledoux is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Morrison 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 Minnesota community of Ledoux [Morrison County].
- New Mexico
- Mora County
- This Ledoux is located in Mora County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ledoux that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mora County community of Ledoux.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ledoux ...
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.
- Frisbie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frisbie is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Gold Dust
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gold Dust is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dust
- Grand Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Gray Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Point is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Point
- Leonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Peach Bloom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Peach Bloom is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bloom
- Point Blue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Point Blue is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Blue
- Poplar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Richard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richard is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
- Sunset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swords
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swords is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords
How Far From Ledoux 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 Ledoux to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ledoux and extending to:
- Opelousas, which is the Seat of Saint Landry Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Ledoux to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,629 miles [12,277.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 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 Ledoux 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Ledoux) 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 Ledoux 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 Ledoux. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6191, Longitude: -92.1901 In this case, the coordinates for Ledoux have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.698 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.406 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.96 degrees. |
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