Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pecan Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pecan Grove
- 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 Pecan Grove:
- 29.944927, -90.346469
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pecan Grove
- 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 Charles Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Charles Parish
- Since Pecan Grove is near Jefferson Parish and also Saint John the Baptist Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
- eBird sighting report for Saint John the Baptist 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pecan Grove ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Pecan Grove.
There are three communities within Louisiana that are also named Pecan Grove.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Jefferson Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pecan Grove [Jefferson Parish].
- Saint Bernard Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pecan Grove [Saint Bernard Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Pecan Grove is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Pecan Grove.
- Jefferson Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pecan Grove.
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- This Pecan Grove is located in Jones County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pecan Grove.
- North Carolina
- Halifax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pecan Grove [Halifax County].
- South Carolina
- Dorchester County
- This Pecan Grove is located in Dorchester County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Pecan Grove.
- Kershaw County
- This Pecan Grove is located in Kershaw County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the east northeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Pecan Grove.
- York County
- This Pecan Grove is located in York County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the northeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Pecan Grove.
- Texas
- Collin County
- Although located in Collin County, we don't know the location within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Pecan Grove.
- Coryell County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pecan Grove [Coryell County].
- Fort Bend County
- This Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<2> to the west of the Pecan Grove that is located in Saint Charles Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Pecan Grove.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan Grove ...
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.
- Flagville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Kellogg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Kennedy Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
- Kennedy Heights is located in Jefferson Parish
- Little Farms ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Farms
- Little Farms is located in Jefferson Parish
- Lone Star
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Mimosa Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mimosa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
- Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Pricetown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Sellers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Pecan Grove 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 Pecan Grove 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 Pecan Grove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pecan Grove and extending to:
- Hahnville, which is the Seat of Saint Charles Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Pecan Grove to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 976 miles [1,570.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,456 miles [8,780.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Charles Parish: www.stcharlesparish-la.gov/
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Pecan Grove 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. |
| <2> | 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- Pecan Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pecan Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9449, Longitude: -90.3465 In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Pecan Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pecan Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.904 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.326 degrees. |