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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 Oneida, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oneida 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 Oneida:
- 30.019369, -90.797871
- 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 Oneida
- 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 James Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint James Parish
- Since Oneida is near Saint John the Baptist Parish and also Ascension Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension 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 Oneida
Communities Also Named Oneida ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Oneida.
Within Louisiana, the name Oneida is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Phillips County
- This Oneida is located in Phillips County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the north of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Oneida.
- California
- Sierra County
- 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 California community of Oneida [Sierra County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- 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 Idaho community of Oneida [Bingham County].
- Illinois
- Knox County
- This Oneida is located in Knox County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the north of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Oneida.
- Iowa
- Delaware County
- This Oneida is located in Delaware County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the north of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Oneida.
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- 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 Kansas community of Oneida [Anderson County].
- Nemaha County
- This Oneida is located in Nemaha County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Oneida.
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- This Oneida is located in Clay County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oneida.
- New York
- Madison County
- This Oneida is located in Madison County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Oneida.
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
- Carroll County
- This Oneida is located in Carroll County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km] to the north northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Oneida.
- Oklahoma
- Kingfisher County
- This Oneida is located in Kingfisher County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingfisher County community of Oneida.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
- Schuylkill County
- This Oneida is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km] to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Oneida.
- Tennessee
- Scott County
- This Oneida is located in Scott County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oneida.
- Washington
- Wahkiakum County
- This Oneida is located in Wahkiakum County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wahkiakum County community of Oneida.
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Oneida is located in Brown County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the north of the Oneida that is located in Saint James Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Oneida.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oneida ...
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.
- Chatman Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Chopin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chopin is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
- Convent
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Free Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Grand Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Point is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Point
- Grand View ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grand View is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Miles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Oak Alley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Alley is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Alley
- Pikes Peak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Romeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Romeville is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeville
- Uncle Sam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Oneida to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oneida to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oneida and extending to:
- Convent, which is the Seat of Saint James Parish, lies just to the West.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Oneida to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> 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 992 miles [1,596.5 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 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,595 miles [12,223 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,472 miles [8,806.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oneida) 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 Oneida 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Oneida 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 Oneida. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0194, Longitude: -90.7979 In this case, the coordinates for Oneida have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.769 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.243 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.49 degrees. |
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