Promoting Rural Tourism Along U.S. Highway 65 in Louisiana

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Louisiana Delta 65 Logo - Promoting Rural Tourism Along US Highway 65 in Louisiana Wildlife Refuges welcome visitors in fun, educational, safe environments to learn about wildlife conservation... Delicious Southern food like boiled crawfish, fried green tomatoes, grits and so much more Beautiful sunsets, sunrises and outdoor natural beauty are all around in the Delta 65 area

       About Delta 65    

 

Bayou Cocodrie
National Wildlife Refuge

Byerley House Museum

CJ Walker

Crescent Plantation

Cushy Alpacas

Delta Music Museum

Delta Airlines Beginnings

Flag Plaza

Frogmore  Plantation

Golfing

Grants Canal

Hermoine Museum

Jerry Lee Lewis Home Tour

Lake Bruin State Park

Lake Concordia

Lake Providence

Lake St. John

Louisiana Cotton Museum

Mississippi River

Poverty Point Historical Site

Tensas River
National Wildlife Refuge

Thomas Jason Lingo
Community Center 

Transylvania

Underground Railroad Marker

Winter Quarters

What Else We've Got:

Okra Salt Domes | Agriculture | Hiking | Wildlife  | Ancient Mounds | Festivals | Much More!

There ought to be a law against anybody going to Europe until they have seen the things we have in this country.

- Will Rogers

 
 

Indian-Lake-at-Dusk.jpg (139185 bytes)Star Gazing and Meteor Showers

When you get away from the bright lights of cities, you can see the stars and planets and galaxies much better.  

US Highway 65 in the Louisiana Delta, with its table-flat terrain, and distance from metropolitan areas, offers many opportunities to pull over, lean your seat back, and gaze up in to the heavens.  It is not uncommon to see shooting stars as you simply drive along the highways in this area.

  METEOR SHOWERS  
State parks and rural tourist destinations are a perfect place for meteor-gazing because they are easy to find, as they�re frequently marked on maps of your state. Like bright moonlight, city lights can completely blot out a meteor shower.

The best way to watch meteors is simply to lie back comfortably and watch attentively in all parts of the sky. 


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Links for More Information About Star Gazing:

Meteors Meteorites = http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/meteorites.html 

Meteor Calendar: http://www.imo.net/calendar

The science and history of the a Perseid meteor shower: http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/tonightssky.php?date=20060731

http://www.earthsky.org/faqs/browse.php?s=Skywatching&c=Space Louisiana night sky and full moon - blurry

 

 

Towns >  Lake Providence  Oak Grove  Transylvania    Tallulah   Newellton   St. Joseph   Vidalia   Ferriday
   
Parishes >  East Carroll  West Carroll  Madison   Tensas  Concordia

Louisiana Delta 65, Inc.
305 Dabney Street
Tallulah, Louisiana  71282
Telephone:  318-574-8519
Website: www.ladelta65.org
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