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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 Pelican, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pelican 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 Pelican:
- 31.882388, -93.586013
- 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 Pelican
- 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 De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Since Pelican is near Sabine Parish and also Natchitoches Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches 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 Pelican
Communities Also Named Pelican ...
We found five communities that are also named Pelican.
Within Louisiana, the name Pelican is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Pelican lies 2,680 miles [4,313 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pelican that is located in De Soto Parish.
- Alberta
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ontario
- This Pelican lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<1> to the north of the Pelican that is located in De Soto Parish.
- Texas
- Liberty County
- This Pelican is located in Liberty County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pelican that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Pelican.
- Wisconsin
- Forest 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 Wisconsin community of Pelican [Forest County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pelican ...
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.
- Butler ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Butler is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Converse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dobs Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dobs Crossing is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobs Crossing
- Eudora ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Grove Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grove Hill is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Halcyon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halcyon is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Pelican 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 Pelican to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pelican and extending to:
- Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pelican to Mansfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,047 miles [1,685 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,630 miles [12,279.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,506 miles [8,861 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pelican) 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 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 Pelican 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 Pelican 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 Pelican. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8824, Longitude: -93.5860 In this case, the coordinates for Pelican have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.731 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.37 degrees. |
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