Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Little Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Woods and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Little Woods

• 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 Little Woods:
  • 30.075200, -89.944235
  • 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 Little Woods

• 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 Orleans Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
  • Since Little Woods is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Little Woods

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Woods ...

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.

• Camp Leroy Johnson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Leroy Johnson is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Leroy Johnson
• Cutoff
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cutoff is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
• Cypress Gardens
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
• Ferncrest
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ferncrest is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncrest
• Frances Place
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
• Greens Ditch
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Greens Ditch is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Ditch
• Kingswood
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Kingswood is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
• Lakeview
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Spanish Fort
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
• Story
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
• Story Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
• Storyville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Storyville is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storyville
• Venetian Isles
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Venetian Isles is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Isles
• Willow Brook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Brook is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

How Far From Little Woods 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 Little Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Woods and extending to:

• New Orleans, which is the Seat of Orleans Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Woods to New Orleans, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,554 miles [12,157 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,432 miles [8,742 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'