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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 Lorraine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lorraine 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 Lorraine:
    • 30.506025, -90.278417
    • 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 Lorraine
  • 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 Lorraine is near Saint Tammany Parish and also Livingston Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Lorraine

Communities Also Named Lorraine ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Lorraine.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Lorraine.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Caddo Parish
      • This Lorraine is located in Caddo Parish and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Lorraine.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lorraine [Butte County].
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • This Lorraine is located in Manatee County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Lorraine.
    • Kansas
      • Ellsworth County
      • This Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellsworth County community of Lorraine.
    • Missouri
      • Harrison County
      • Although located in Harrison County, we don't know the location within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Lorraine.
    • Nebraska
      • Banner County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Banner County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banner County community of Lorraine.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Lorraine [Union County].
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lorraine is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lorraine.
    • North Dakota
      • Dickey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lorraine [Dickey County].
    • Ontario
      • This Lorraine lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Lorraine is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Lorraine.
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Lorraine.
    • Tennessee
      • Rhea County
      • This Lorraine is located in Rhea County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Lorraine.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • This Lorraine is located in Henrico County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lorraine that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Lorraine.
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lorraine [Putnam County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lorraine ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cranky Corner is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranky Corner
  • Cypress Cove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cypress Cove is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cove
  • Goodbee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
  • Hollyridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hollyridge is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
  • Katie ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
  • Lees Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lees Landing is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
  • Martinville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Martinville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
  • Oliver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Tallow Wood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Tallow Wood is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow Wood
  • Woodland Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Woodland Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

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

  • Amite City, which is the Seat of Tangipahoa Parish, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lorraine to Amite City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 947 miles [1,524 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 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,550 miles [12,150.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lorraine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lorraine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Lorraine 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.
<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 Lorraine 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 Lorraine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5060, Longitude: -90.2784       In this case, the coordinates for Lorraine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.007 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.217 degrees.