Velma
in Tangipahoa Parish of Louisiana, United States
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Mobile Regional Airport (6.114 mi) - Gulfport Biloxi International Airport (6.163 mi)
- Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (6.179 mi)
- Jackson Evers International Airport (6.223 mi)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (6.234 mi)
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field (6.287 mi)
- Lafayette Regional Airport (6.337 mi)
- Alexandria International Airport (6.369 mi)
- Covington Country Club (Golf course, 6.224 mi)
- Tchefuncta Country Club (Golf course, 6.224 mi)
- Beau Chene Country Club (Golf course, 6.226 mi)
- Franklinton Country Club (Golf course, 6.227 mi)
- Gemstone Plantation Country Club (Golf course, 6.227 mi)
- Oak Knoll Country Club (Golf course, 6.242 mi)
- Ironwood Golf Center (Golf course, 6.246 mi)
- Springview Country Club (Golf course, 6.248 mi)
- Carter Plantation (Golf course, 6.252 mi)
- The Lakes at Pelican Point (Golf course, 6.273 mi)
- Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park (amusement park, (6.239 mi)
- Mak'em Wet Marina (marina, (6.252 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 05:07 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:52 am and 8:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -37.797 and 77.565 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Martin-de-Vivies - References
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Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-05-18 08:26:29
Delve into Velma
The district Velma of in Tangipahoa Parish (Louisiana) is a subburb in United States about 951 mi south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Amite, Greensburg, Livingston, Franklinton and Covington. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 83 °F
| Morning Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
| Night Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 14% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 42% of sky |
| General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
31°C (87 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
31°C (88 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
31°C (88 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Blythewood Plantation
Holiday Inn Express & Suites AMITE
Comfort Inn Amite
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. The parish seat is Amite City, but the major city is Hammond. As of 2006, the population was 113,137. Tangipahoa comes from an Acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn. " The Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Tangipahoa Parish.
Albany, Louisiana
Albany is a village in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 865 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. District 95 State Representative Sherman Q. Mack, an attorney, resides in Albany.
Greensburg, Louisiana
Greensburg is a town in and the parish seat of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 631 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Greensburg is one of the oldest towns in Louisiana. During the American Civil War, Union General Albert L. Lee left from Baton Rouge with a division of cavalry on October 5, 1864, and raided Greensburg, where his men destroyed a tannery containing two thousand sides of leather.
Montpelier, Louisiana
Montpelier is a village in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Montpelier was the Parish Seat from 1812-1832.
Amite City, Louisiana
Amite City is a town in and the parish seat of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,110 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Independence, Louisiana
Independence, originally known as Uncle Sam, is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,665 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Natalbany, Louisiana
Natalbany is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,739 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,019 in the 2010 census, nearly evenly divided between whites and African Americans. Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University. The city was the home base for production of the first season of the NBC television series In the Heat of the Night, starring the late Carroll O'Connor .
Roseland, Louisiana
Roseland is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,162 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of Cajun chef and storyteller Justin Wilson. Roseland is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Tickfaw, Louisiana
Tickfaw is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 617 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is known locally as a notorious speed trap, as the only way to get people to stop in Tickfaw is for the police to pull them over within city limits.
University Center (Southeastern Louisiana)
University Center is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hammond, Louisiana, United States, on the campus Southeastern Louisiana University. Often called "the UC" within the University, it was built in 1982 at a cost of $16.3 million. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University's Lions and Lady Lions basketball teams and hosts many other functions including Southeastern’s commencement, a variety of concerts and community events, circuses, and rodeos.
Strawberry Stadium
Strawberry Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hammond, Louisiana. It is home to the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions football team. The facility opened in 1936. A renovation completed prior to the 2007 football season expanded seating and added a larger press box to the west side. In addition, a new multilevel parking garage for 500 vehicles was constructed to the west of the stadium and connected to it.
KSLU
KSLU is a radio station broadcasting an Album Adult Alternative format. Licensed to Hammond, Louisiana, USA, the station serves the Lake Ponchartrain area. The station is currently owned by Southeastern Louisiana University and features programming from Public Radio International. The station broadcasts on 90.9 and features music and talk programming, plus Southeastern Lions athletics. This station is broadcast from D. Vicker's Hall on the University's campus in Hammond, Louisiana.
Hammond (Amtrak station)
The Hammond Amtrak station is a train station in Hammond, Louisiana, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is a station on Amtrak's City of New Orleans route which runs from Chicago, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana. The Illinois Central Railroad built the station in 1912. A freight station was built in Hammond in 1927 a few blocks south down the road; however this station is no longer active except as a flea market and seafood restaurant.
Holden, Louisiana
Holden is located on U.S. Highway 190 between Albany and Livingston in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. Holden is in a section of land awarded to Micajah Spillars by a Spanish land grant. LA Hwy 441 which runs through Holden in a northwest-southeast direction is the road that connected Springfield with Baton Rouge to the west and points in Mississippi to the east. In 1907, the east-west line of the Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern Railroad was constructed.
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School (Hammond, Louisiana)
Saint Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Hammond, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge.
Loranger, Louisiana
Loranger is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the location of two properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the parish: the Loranger High School Auditorium and the Zemurray Gardens Lodge Complex. It is the location of Loranger Elementary School, Loranger Middle School, and Loranger High School. Each school services a wide range of children and their families living in and around the very rural Loranger area.
WABL
WABL is an Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Amite, Louisiana, serving Amite and Central Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. WABL is owned by Patrick Andrus, through licensee Spotlight Broadcasting of New Orleans, LLC.
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Hammond, a city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HDC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Robert, Louisiana
Robert is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies east of Hammond, at the intersection of US 190 and LA 445, from which it has a signed exit on Interstate 12. Robert is the largest settlement in Tangipahoa Parish's rural 8th ward.
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field is a baseball venue in Hammond, Louisiana, USA. It is home to the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team of the NCAA's Division I Southland Conference. The facility has a capacity of 2,500 spectators. It is named after Pat Kenelly, the longest tenured baseball coach in program history. Kenelly also served as athletic director and both assistant and head football coach in his time at the university, 1948-1977.
Arcola, Louisiana
Arcola is a populated place in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.
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