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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 Quebec, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quebec 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 Quebec:
- 32.426814, -91.302430
- 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 Quebec
- 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 Madison Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
- Since Quebec is near Richland Parish and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll 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 Quebec
Communities Also Named Quebec ...
We found eight communities that are also named Quebec.
Within Louisiana, the name Quebec is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Quebec, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- This Quebec is located in Windham County and lies 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Quebec that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Quebec.
- Georgia
- Union County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Quebec [Union County].
- Montana
- Sweet Grass County
- This Quebec is located in Sweet Grass County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Quebec that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweet Grass County community of Quebec.
- North Carolina
- Transylvania County
- This Quebec is located in Transylvania County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quebec that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Quebec.
- Texas
- Jeff Davis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Quebec [Jeff Davis County].
- Presidio County
- This Quebec is located in Presidio County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the west of the Quebec that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Presidio County community of Quebec.
- Virginia
- Smyth County
- This Quebec is located in Smyth County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quebec that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Quebec.
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- England
- Distance: 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Quebec
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quebec ...
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.
- Bakers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Dearborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dearborn is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
- Duck Port ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Duck Port is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
- Fortune Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fortune Fork is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Fork
- Indian Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Landing is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Landing
- King
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Peelers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peelers is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peelers
- Sunrise Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Landing
How Far From Quebec 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 Quebec to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quebec and extending to:
- Tallulah, which is the Seat of Madison Parish, lies just to the East.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Quebec to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,507 miles [12,081.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,382 miles [8,661.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quebec) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Quebec, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Quebec 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. |
| <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 Quebec 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 Quebec. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4268, Longitude: -91.3024 In this case, the coordinates for Quebec have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.346 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.237 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.335 degrees. |
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