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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 Pointe Claire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pointe Claire 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 Pointe Claire:
- 30.437975, -91.958173
- 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 Pointe Claire
- 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 Landry Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Since Pointe Claire is near Saint Martin Parish and also Lafayette Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Pointe Claire
Communities Also Named Pointe Claire ...
We found one communities that are also named Pointe Claire.
Within Louisiana, the name Pointe Claire is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Pointe Claire in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- 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 Quebec community of Pointe Claire.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pointe Claire ...
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.
- Bushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bushville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Cecilia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frisbie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frisbie is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Gecko
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gecko is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gecko
- Gloria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gloria is located in Lafayette Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria
- Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Leonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Robin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robin is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
- Sunset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Pointe Claire 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 Pointe Claire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pointe Claire and extending to:
- Opelousas, which is the Seat of Saint Landry Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pointe Claire to Opelousas, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Pointe Claire 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pointe Claire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pointe Claire 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 Pointe Claire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4380, Longitude: -91.9582 In this case, the coordinates for Pointe Claire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.188 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.891 degrees. |
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