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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 Loranger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loranger 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 Loranger:
    • 30.635744, -90.398144
    • 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 Loranger
  • 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 Tangipahoa Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
    • Since Loranger is near Livingston Parish and also Saint Tammany Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany 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 Loranger

Communities Also Named Loranger ...

We found two communities that are also named Loranger.

Within Louisiana, the name Loranger is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Ogemaw 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 Michigan community of Loranger [Ogemaw County].
    • Quebec
      • This Loranger lies 1,363 miles [2,193.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Loranger that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loranger ...

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.

  • Cranky Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cranky Corner is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranky Corner
  • Cypress Cove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Cove is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cove
  • Gullett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gullett is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullett
  • Henry City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
  • Hollyridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hollyridge is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
  • Independence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kin Tally
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kin Tally is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kin Tally
  • Lincoln Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Little River ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Little River is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Mason ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mason is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Oliver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Tallow Wood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tallow Wood is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow Wood
  • University Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • University Place is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
  • Woodland Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodland Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

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

  • Amite City, which is the Seat of Tangipahoa Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loranger to Amite City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 946 miles [1,522.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,549 miles [12,148.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,426 miles [8,732.3 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 Loranger 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 '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- Loranger) 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 Loranger 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 Loranger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6357, Longitude: -90.3981       In this case, the coordinates for Loranger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.598 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.126 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.245 degrees.