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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 Slaughter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slaughter and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Slaughter:
    • 30.721884, -91.139357
    • 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 Slaughter
  • 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 East Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
    • Since Slaughter is near East Baton Rouge Parish and also West Feliciana Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Feliciana 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 Slaughter

Communities Also Named Slaughter ...

We found six communities that are also named Slaughter.

Within Louisiana, the name Slaughter is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Slaughter is located in Kent County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the northeast of the Slaughter that is located in East Feliciana Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Slaughter.
    • Florida
      • Pasco 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 Florida community of Slaughter [Pasco County].
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Slaughter [Burleigh County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Slaughter [Sullivan County].
    • Virginia
      • Nelson 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 Virginia community of Slaughter [Nelson County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Slaughter [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Slaughter ...

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.

  • Battle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Battle is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
  • Buffwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Buffwood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffwood
  • Ethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Freeland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeland is located in West Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Grays
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grays is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
  • Irene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Mount Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Olive Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Parkridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Parkridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
  • Petite Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Petite Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petite Place
  • Plains
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plains is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Plantation Way
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plantation Way is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Way
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Port Hickey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Hickey is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey
    • Port Hickey Landing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Hickey Landing is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey Landing
    • Pride
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Riddle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Riddle is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Ski Stone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ski Stone is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ski Stone
    • Starhill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Starhill is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starhill
    • Waters Edge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Waters Edge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge

How Far From Slaughter 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 village such as Slaughter to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Slaughter and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of East Feliciana Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Slaughter to Clinton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 976 miles [1,570.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slaughter) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Slaughter 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 Slaughter, 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 Slaughter 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 Slaughter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7219, Longitude: -91.1394       In this case, the coordinates for Slaughter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.061 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.676 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.525 degrees.