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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 Moeling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moeling and the surrounding area.
- 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 Moeling:
- 30.583810, -92.786258
- 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 Moeling
- 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 Allen Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen Parish
- Since Moeling is near Jefferson Davis Parish and also Evangeline Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline 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 Moeling
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moeling ...
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.
- Bond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bond is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
- China
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Edna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Elder
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Elton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <1>
- Fords ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fords is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Kinder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lyles is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Stanley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
How Far From Moeling 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 Moeling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Moeling once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Moeling and extending to:
- Oberlin, which is the Seat of Allen Parish, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Moeling to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,533 miles [8,904.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Moeling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moeling) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Moeling 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 Moeling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5838, Longitude: -92.7863 In this case, the coordinates for Moeling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.065 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.831 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.206 degrees. |
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