Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Loquer:
  • 29.957149, -90.322857
  • 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 Loquer

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loquer ...

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.

• Flagville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Flagville is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagville
• Good Hope
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Kellogg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellogg is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
• Kennedy Heights
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennedy Heights is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
• Little Farms ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Little Farms is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Farms
• Lone Star
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Mimosa Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
• Pecan Grove ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pecan Grove is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
• Pricetown ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pricetown is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
• Prospect
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Prospect is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
• Sellers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sellers is located in Saint Charles Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Loquer once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loquer and extending to:

• Hahnville, which is the Seat of Saint Charles Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Loquer to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> 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 974 miles [1,567.5 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 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'