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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 Malo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Malo 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 Malo:
- 29.877982, -89.597000
- 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 Malo
- 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 Saint Bernard Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
- Since Saint Malo is near Orleans Parish and also Saint Tammany Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany 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 Malo
Communities Also Named Saint Malo ...
We found two communities that are also named Saint Malo.
Within Louisiana, the name Saint Malo is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Saint Malo lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Saint Malo that is located in Saint Bernard Parish.
- Quebec
- This Saint Malo lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Malo that is located in Saint Bernard Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Malo ...
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.
- Frances Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
- Greens Ditch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Ditch is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Ditch
- Lake Catherine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Mohawk City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
- River Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- River Bend is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Shell Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shell Beach is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
- Story
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Story Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
- Venetian Isles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Venetian Isles is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Isles
- Violet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wood Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Lake is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
How Far From Saint Malo 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 Saint Malo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Malo and extending to:
- Chalmette, which is the Seat of Saint Bernard Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Malo to Chalmette, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 947 miles [1,524 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,547 miles [12,145.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,426 miles [8,732.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Saint Malo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Malo 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 Malo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8780, Longitude: -89.5970 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Malo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.03 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.362 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.048 degrees. |
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