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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 Walls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walls 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 Walls:
- 30.587133, -91.326221
- 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 Walls
- 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 West Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Walls is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge 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 Walls
Communities Also Named Walls ...
We found six communities that are also named Walls.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Walls.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Winn Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Walls [Winn Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Letcher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walls [Letcher County].
- Michigan
- Wexford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walls [Wexford County].
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Walls is located in DeSoto County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walls that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Walls.
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- This Walls is located in Le Flore County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Walls that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Walls.
- Ontario
- This Walls lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walls that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walls ...
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.
- Anchor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Erwinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Irene
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Knapp
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Knapp is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Port Hickey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Port Hickey is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey
- Port Hickey Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Port Hickey Landing is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hickey Landing
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
How Far From Walls to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Walls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walls and extending to:
- Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Walls to Port Allen, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 991 miles [1,594.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,593 miles [12,219.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Walls 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Walls 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 Walls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5871, Longitude: -91.3262 In this case, the coordinates for Walls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.774 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.619 degrees. |
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