Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Minerva Plantation:
  • 29.709099, -90.816204
  • 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 Minerva Plantation

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Minerva Plantation ...

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.

• Bull Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bull Run is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
• Central
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Crescent
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Cypress Gardens
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cypress Gardens is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
• Ellendale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
• Gray
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Gray is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
• Idlewild
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Idlewild is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Isle of Cuba
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Isle of Cuba is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Cuba
• Lowlands
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lowlands is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowlands
• Magnolia
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Magnolia is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Magnolia Plantation
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
• Rebecca Plantation
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rebecca Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Plantation
• Twelve Cedars
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Twelve Cedars is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Cedars

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

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

• Houma, which is the Seat of Terrebonne Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Minerva Plantation to Houma, 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over 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 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'