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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 West Pointe A La Hache, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Pointe A La Hache 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 West Pointe A La Hache:
- 29.569491, -89.801566
- 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 West Pointe A La Hache
- 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 Plaquemines Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
- Since West Pointe A La Hache is near Saint Bernard Parish and also Jefferson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 West Pointe A La Hache
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Pointe A La Hache ...
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.
- Deer Range
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
- Diamond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Filipino ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
- Grand Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
- Happy Jack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Judge Perez
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Judge Perez is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Judge Perez
- Magnolia
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Martin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
How Far From West Pointe A La Hache 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 West Pointe A La Hache to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in West Pointe A La Hache and extending to:
- Pointe a la Hache, which is the Seat of Plaquemines Parish, lies just to the Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from West Pointe A La Hache to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Pointe A La Hache) 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 West Pointe A La Hache 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 West Pointe A La Hache. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5695, Longitude: -89.8016 In this case, the coordinates for West Pointe A La Hache have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.117 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.421 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.172 degrees. |
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