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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 Musson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Musson 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 Musson:
- 30.439361, -91.519277
- 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 Musson
- 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 Iberville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
- Since Musson is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also West Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge 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 Musson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Musson ...
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.
- Blanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erwinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- False River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- False River is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River
- Frogmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frogmore is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Lottie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lynch is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Quick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quick is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Slacks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slacks is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks
- Sparks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sparks is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Musson to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Musson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Musson and extending to:
- Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Musson to Plaquemine, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,006 miles [1,619 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 6,897 miles [11,099.6 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 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Musson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Musson 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 Musson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4394, Longitude: -91.5193 In this case, the coordinates for Musson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.261 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.872 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.716 degrees. |
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