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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 Port Sulphur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Sulphur 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 Port Sulphur:
- 29.480495, -89.693953
- 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 Port Sulphur
- 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 Port Sulphur is near Jefferson Parish and also Saint Bernard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard 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 Port Sulphur
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Sulphur ...
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.
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Happy Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Home Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Tropical Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend
How Far From Port Sulphur to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Port Sulphur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Sulphur and extending to:
- Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Port Sulphur to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,569 miles [12,181.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Sulphur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Port Sulphur 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 Port Sulphur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4805, Longitude: -89.6940 In this case, the coordinates for Port Sulphur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.042 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.144 degrees. |
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