Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Point Celeste, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Celeste and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Point Celeste

• 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 Point Celeste:
  • 29.598270, -89.848123
  • 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 Point Celeste

• 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 Plaquemines Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
  • Since Point Celeste is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Point Celeste

Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Celeste ...

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.

• Deer Range
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
• Diamond
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Filipino ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
• Grand Bayou
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
• Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
• Harlem
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
• Lake Judge Perez
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Judge Perez is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Judge Perez
• Magnolia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Martin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

How Far From Point Celeste 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 Point Celeste to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Point Celeste and extending to:

• Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Point Celeste to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 971 miles [1,562.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'