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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 Soileau, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soileau 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 Soileau:
- 30.589088, -92.654864
- 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 Soileau
- 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 Allen Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen Parish
- Since Soileau is near Jefferson Davis Parish and also Evangeline Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline 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 Soileau
Communities Also Named Soileau ...
We found two communities that are also named Soileau.
There are two communities within Louisiana that are also named Soileau.
Beyond Louisiana.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Soileau [Calcasieu Parish].
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Soileau is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east of the Soileau that is located in Allen Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Soileau.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soileau ...
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.
- Beaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bond is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
- China
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Elder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Elton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <3>
- Fords ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fords is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
- Gray Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Point is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Point
- Harmony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Kinder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lyles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyles is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Raymond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Stanley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
How Far From Soileau 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 Soileau to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Soileau and extending to:
- Oberlin, which is the Seat of Allen Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Soileau to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Soileau 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Soileau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Soileau 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 Soileau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5891, Longitude: -92.6549 In this case, the coordinates for Soileau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.984 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.737 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.152 degrees. |
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