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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 Paloma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paloma 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 Paloma:
    • 30.699074, -91.299277
    • 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 Paloma
  • 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 East Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
    • Since Paloma is near West Feliciana Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Feliciana Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East 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 Paloma

Communities Also Named Paloma ...

We found five communities that are also named Paloma.

Within Louisiana, the name Paloma is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Calaveras County
      • This Paloma is located in Calaveras County and lies 1,747 miles [2,811.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Paloma that is located in East Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Paloma.
      • Kern County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Paloma [Kern County].
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Paloma [San Luis Obispo County].
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Paloma is located in Adams County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the north of the Paloma that is located in East Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Paloma.
    • Texas
      • Maverick County
      • This Paloma is located in Maverick County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west of the Paloma that is located in East Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maverick County community of Paloma.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paloma ...

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.

  • Anchor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
  • Freeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Freeland is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Hermitage
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Island is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Plains is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Port Hickey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Port Hickey is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey
  • Port Hickey Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Port Hickey Landing is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey Landing
  • Riddle
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Riddle is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
  • Starhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Starhill is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starhill

How Far From Paloma 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 Paloma 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 community of Paloma once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Paloma and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of East Feliciana Parish, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paloma to Clinton, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 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 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,586 miles [12,208.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Paloma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Paloma 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.
<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 Paloma 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 Paloma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6991, Longitude: -91.2993       In this case, the coordinates for Paloma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.156 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.785 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.592 degrees.