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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 Tall Timbers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers:
    • 29.904927, -89.997570
    • 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 Tall Timbers
  • 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 Orleans Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
    • Since Tall Timbers is near Jefferson Parish and also Plaquemines Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines 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 Tall Timbers

Communities Also Named Tall Timbers ...

We found five communities that are also named Tall Timbers.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Tall Timbers.

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

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Bossier Parish
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tall Timbers that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Tall Timbers.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Grant 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 Indiana community of Tall Timbers [Grant County].
      • LaGrange County
      • This Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Tall Timbers.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tall Timbers.
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Tall Timbers is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the northeast of the Tall Timbers that is located in Orleans Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Tall Timbers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall Timbers ...

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.

  • Concession
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Concession is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concession
  • Cutoff
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cutoff is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
  • Cypress Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • English Turn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
  • Forest Isle
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Isle is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Isle
  • Frances Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
  • Garden District
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Garden District is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden District
  • Harvey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Little Rock ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Rock is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Mohawk City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
  • Port Nickel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Nickel is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Nickel
  • Scarsdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Story
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Story Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
    • Storyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Storyville is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storyville
    • Terrytown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Timber Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Timber Grove is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Grove

How Far From Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Orleans, which is the Seat of Orleans Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tall Timbers 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 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tall Timbers) 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 Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9049, Longitude: -89.9976       In this case, the coordinates for Tall Timbers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.273 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.649 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.197 degrees.