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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 Rita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rita 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 Rita:
- 29.647991, -90.533974
- 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 Rita
- 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 Lafourche Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
- Since Rita is near Terrebonne Parish and also Saint Charles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Rita
Communities Also Named Rita ...
We found five communities that are also named Rita.
Within Louisiana, the name Rita is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Rita is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rita that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Rita.
- Tennessee
- Knox 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 Tennessee community of Rita [Knox County].
- Texas
- Burleson County
- This Rita is located in Burleson County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rita that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Rita.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Rita is located in Logan County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rita that is located in Lafourche Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Rita.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rita ...
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.
- Bowie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewistown is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Lockport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Raceland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raceland Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Ravenwood ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Valentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valentine is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
How Far From Rita 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 Rita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rita and extending to:
- Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rita to Thibodaux, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,600 miles [12,231 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rita) 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 Rita 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rita 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 Rita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6480, Longitude: -90.5340 In this case, the coordinates for Rita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.955 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.44 degrees. |
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