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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 Tullos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tullos 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 Tullos:
- 31.819739, -92.329226
- 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 Tullos
- 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 La Salle Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle Parish
- Since Tullos is near Grant Parish and also Winn Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winn 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 Tullos
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tullos ...
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.
- Beech ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beech is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Chickasaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Curry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Curry is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandstaff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandstaff is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandstaff
- Grant ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Little Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Maxwells Old Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maxwells Old Ferry is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwells Old Ferry
- Mudville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mudville is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
- Salt ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salt is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt
How Far From Tullos 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 town such as Tullos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tullos and extending to:
- Jena, which is the Seat of La Salle Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tullos to Jena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,579 miles [12,197.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,455 miles [8,779 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tullos) 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 Tullos 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 Tullos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8197, Longitude: -92.3292 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.926 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.852 degrees. |
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