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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 Ravenswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ravenswood 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 Ravenswood:
- 30.672021, -91.689656
- 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 Ravenswood
- 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 Pointe Coupee Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Since Ravenswood is near Saint Landry Parish and also Avoyelles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles 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 Ravenswood
Communities Also Named Ravenswood ...
We found eight communities that are also named Ravenswood.
Within Louisiana, the name Ravenswood is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Mateo County
- This Ravenswood is located in San Mateo County and lies 1,794 miles [2,887.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Ravenswood.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Ravenswood is located in Cook County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Ravenswood.
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Ravenswood is located in Marion County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Ravenswood.
- Michigan
- Ingham 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 Michigan community of Ravenswood [Ingham County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ravenswood [Lander County].
- North Carolina
- Jones County
- This Ravenswood is located in Jones County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Ravenswood.
- Ontario
- This Ravenswood lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Ravenswood is located in Jackson County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ravenswood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ravenswood ...
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.
- Argyle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Argyle is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Blanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coon is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon
- Elba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elliot City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elliot City is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot City
- False River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- False River is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River
- Goodwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwood is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwood
- Half Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lottie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Randall ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Second Lake ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Second Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Lake
How Far From Ravenswood 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 Ravenswood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ravenswood and extending to:
- New Roads, which is the Seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ravenswood to New Roads, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,892 miles [11,091.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,605 miles [12,239.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ravenswood) 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 Ravenswood 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> | 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 Ravenswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ravenswood 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 Ravenswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6720, Longitude: -91.6897 In this case, the coordinates for Ravenswood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.394 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.059 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.752 degrees. |
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