Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Toca, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toca and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Toca

• 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 Toca:
  • 29.866595, -89.836453
  • 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 Toca

• 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 Toca is near Plaquemines Parish and also Orleans Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans 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 Toca

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toca ...

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.

• Cypress Gardens
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
• English Turn
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
• Frances Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
• Little Rock ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Little Rock is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
• Mohawk City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
• Port Nickel
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Port Nickel is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Nickel
• River Bend
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • River Bend is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
• Scarsdale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
• Story
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
• Story Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
• Violet
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Violet is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Violet <1>
• Wood Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wood Lake is located in Saint Bernard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toca and extending to:

• Chalmette, which is the Seat of Saint Bernard Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toca to Chalmette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 88 miles [141.6 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,437 miles [8,750 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'