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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 Tate Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tate Cove 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 Tate Cove:
- 30.744086, -92.247070
- 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 Tate Cove
- 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 Tate Cove 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 Tate Cove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tate Cove ...
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Gold Dust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gold Dust is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dust
- Grand Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Prairie is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Gray Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gray Point is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Point
- Pine Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Point Blue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Point Blue is located in Evangeline Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Blue
- Star ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Turkey Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Tate Cove 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 Tate Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tate Cove and extending to:
- Ville Platte, which is the Seat of Evangeline Parish, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Tate Cove to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,626 miles [12,272.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tate Cove) 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 Tate Cove 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 Tate Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7441, Longitude: -92.2471 In this case, the coordinates for Tate Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.967 degrees. |
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