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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 Anchorage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anchorage and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Anchorage:
    • 30.482690, -91.210386
    • 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 Anchorage
  • 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 Anchorage ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Anchorage.

Within Louisiana, the name Anchorage is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Anchorage lies 3,360 miles [5,407.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Anchorage [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Anchorage is located in Hamilton County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Anchorage.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Anchorage is located in Jefferson County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Anchorage.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Anchorage is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Anchorage.
      • Talbot County
      • This Anchorage is located in Talbot County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km] to the northeast of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Anchorage.
    • Mississippi
      • Coahoma County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Anchorage [Coahoma County].
      • Humphreys County
      • This Anchorage is located in Humphreys County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the north of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Anchorage.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Anchorage is located in Ocean County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Anchorage.
    • Rhode Island
      • Newport County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Anchorage [Newport County].
    • Texas
      • Atascosa County
      • This Anchorage is located in Atascosa County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the west of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Anchorage.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Anchorage is located in Davis County and lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Anchorage that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Anchorage.
    • Wisconsin
      • Buffalo 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 Wisconsin community of Anchorage [Buffalo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Anchorage ...

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.

  • Airline Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
    • Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Catherine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
    • Catherine is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Eden Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
    • Eden Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Elm Grove Garden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Garden
    • Elm Grove Garden is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Hundred Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hundred Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
    • Hundred Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Lakecrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakecrest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
    • Lakecrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Longwood Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Court
    • Longwood Court is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Maryland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
    • Maryland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Progress
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progress have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Progress is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Scotland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Scotlandville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
      • Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Smiley Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Heights
      • Smiley Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Standard Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standard Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Heights
      • Standard Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Sunrise
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
      • Sunrise is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • University Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
      • University Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • University Terrace
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
      • University Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish

How Far From Anchorage 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 Anchorage to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Anchorage and extending to:

  • Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the South.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Anchorage to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,592 miles [12,218.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anchorage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anchorage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4827, Longitude: -91.2104       In this case, the coordinates for Anchorage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Anchorage 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.
<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 Anchorage, 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>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.
<6>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 Anchorage to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.076 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.663 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.587 degrees.