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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 Patin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patin 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 Patin:
- 30.690165, -91.406123
- 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 Patin
- 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 Pointe Coupee Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Since Patin is near West Feliciana Parish and also East Feliciana 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 Feliciana 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 Patin
Communities Also Named Patin ...
We found one communities that are also named Patin.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Patin.
Beyond Louisiana.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Saint Martin Parish
- This Patin is located in Saint Martin Parish and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Patin that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Martin Parish community of Patin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patin ...
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 east)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Hermitage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Island is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Knapp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knapp is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Majors
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Majors is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Mix
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mix is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oscar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Hickey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Port Hickey is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey
- Port Hickey Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Port Hickey Landing is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey Landing
- Riddle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riddle is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Starhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starhill is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starhill
How Far From Patin 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 Patin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Patin and extending to:
- New Roads, which is the Seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Patin to Baton Rouge, 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,592 miles [12,218.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,468 miles [8,799.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Patin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Patin 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 Patin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6902, Longitude: -91.4061 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.221 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.636 degrees. |
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