Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in White Sulphur Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Sulphur Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for White Sulphur Springs
- 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 White Sulphur Springs:
- 31.601563, -92.273191
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on White Sulphur Springs
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for La Salle Parish
- Since White Sulphur Springs is near Grant Parish and also Rapides Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
- eBird sighting report for Rapides 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named White Sulphur Springs ...
We found nine communities that share the name White Sulphur Springs.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named White Sulphur Springs.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Catahoula 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 White Sulphur Springs [Catahoula Parish].
- Catahoula Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Hall County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- Meriwether County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meriwether County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the east northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- Indiana
- Pike County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Pike County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- Montana
- Meagher County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meagher County and lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- North Carolina
- Surry 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 North Carolina community of White Sulphur Springs [Surry County].
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Sulphur Springs [Delaware County].
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in La Salle Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of White Sulphur Springs.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Sulphur Springs ...
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.
- Bob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Farmland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Fellowship
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fellowship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in La Salle Parish
- Fishville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Good Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Little Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Pollock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Pollock is located in Grant Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock <6>
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Sand Spur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Trout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
- Trout is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout <6>
How Far From White Sulphur Springs 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 White Sulphur Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Sulphur Springs and extending to:
- Jena, which is the Seat of La Salle Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Sulphur Springs to Jena, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for White Sulphur Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
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 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 White Sulphur Springs 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Sulphur Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Sulphur Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6016, Longitude: -92.2732 In this case, the coordinates for White Sulphur Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about White Sulphur Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 White Sulphur Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.866 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.733 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.86 degrees. |