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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 Tony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tony 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 Tony:
- 30.041591, -91.733448
- 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 Tony
- 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 Iberia Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iberia Parish
- Since Tony is near Saint Martin Parish and also Saint Mary Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary 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 Tony
Communities Also Named Tony ...
We found four communities that are also named Tony.
Within Louisiana, the name Tony is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- This Tony is located in Scotts Bluff County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tony that is located in Iberia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Tony.
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- This Tony is located in Guadalupe County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tony that is located in Iberia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Tony.
- North Carolina
- Caswell 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 Carolina community of Tony [Caswell County].
- Wisconsin
- Rusk County
- This Tony is located in Rusk County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<1> to the north of the Tony that is located in Iberia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Tony.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tony ...
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.
- Bankers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
- Gajan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gajan is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gajan
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Independent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Independent is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent
- John ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- John is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John
- Keystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Leesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leesburg is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Lydia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Tony to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tony and extending to:
- New Iberia, which is the Seat of Iberia Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Tony to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,034 miles [1,664.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tony) 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 Tony 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 Tony 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 Tony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0416, Longitude: -91.7334 In this case, the coordinates for Tony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.344 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.916 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.854 degrees. |
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