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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 Martinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Martinville 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 Martinville:
    • 30.599356, -90.179249
    • 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 Martinville
  • 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 Tammany Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
    • Since Martinville is near Tangipahoa Parish and also Washington Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Martinville

Communities Also Named Martinville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Martinville.

Within Louisiana, the name Martinville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • This Martinville is located in Escambia County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Martinville that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Martinville.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Martinville is located in Ashley County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Martinville that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Martinville.
      • Faulkner County
      • This Martinville is located in Faulkner County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the north northwest of the Martinville that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Martinville.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • This Martinville is located in Simpson County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Martinville that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Martinville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Martinville.
    • Quebec
      • This Martinville lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Martinville that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Martinville ...

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.

  • Blond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Blond is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blond
  • Cranky Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cranky Corner is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranky Corner
  • Goodbee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
  • Henry City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
  • Jenkins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jenkins is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Julia ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Julia is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
  • Katie ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
  • Lees Landing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lees Landing is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
  • Lorraine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lorraine is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
  • Tallow Wood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tallow Wood is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow Wood

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

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Saint Tammany Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Martinville to Covington, with an average speed<3> 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 58 miles [93.3 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 938 miles [1,509.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,541 miles [12,136.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,418 miles [8,719.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martinville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Martinville 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Martinville 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 Martinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5994, Longitude: -90.1792       In this case, the coordinates for Martinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.461 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.961 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.164 degrees.