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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 Ulyssee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ulyssee 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 Ulyssee:
- 30.018259, -91.876508
- 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 Ulyssee
- 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 Ulyssee is near Saint Martin Parish and also Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Ulyssee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ulyssee ...
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.
- Charlotte
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Emma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emma is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Gajan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gajan is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gajan
- Georgetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hazel ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hazel is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Independent
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Independent is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Iberia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
How Far From Ulyssee 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 Ulyssee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ulyssee and extending to:
- New Iberia, which is the Seat of Iberia Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Ulyssee to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 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 60 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,520 miles [8,883.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ulyssee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ulyssee 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 Ulyssee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0183, Longitude: -91.8765 In this case, the coordinates for Ulyssee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.429 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.012 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.914 degrees. |
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