Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Madewood:
  • 29.932147, -90.989543
  • 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 Madewood

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Madewood ...

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.

• Elm Hall
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Elm Hall is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall
• Elm Hall Junction
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Elm Hall Junction is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall Junction
• Elmfield
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
• Enola
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Enola is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
• Little Texas
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Texas is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
• Napoleonville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Napoleonville is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napoleonville <1>
• Rosedale
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
• Wildwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wildwood is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
• Woodlawn
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Madewood and extending to:

• Napoleonville, which is the Seat of Assumption Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Madewood to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,608 miles [12,243.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'