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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 Saint Landry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Landry 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 Saint Landry:
- 30.844361, -92.257905
- 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 Saint Landry
- 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 Evangeline Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline Parish
- Since Saint Landry 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 Saint Landry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Landry ...
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.
- Bunkie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Evergreen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Dust
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gold Dust is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dust
- Lone Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meridian is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Pine Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Star ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Turkey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Saint Landry 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 Saint Landry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Landry and extending to:
- Ville Platte, which is the Seat of Evangeline Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Landry to Ville Platte, with an average speed<3> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,497 miles [8,846.6 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Landry) 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 Saint Landry 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 Saint Landry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8444, Longitude: -92.2579 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Landry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.767 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.958 degrees. |
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