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 Ashley:
30.464079, -91.044548
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.
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 East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 24 communities that share the name Ashley.
Within Louisiana, the name Ashley is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Ashley is located in New Castle County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Ashley.
Georgia
Ben Hill 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 Georgia community of Ashley [Ben Hill County].
Wilcox County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashley [Wilcox County].
Illinois
Washington County
This Ashley is located in Washington County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the north of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ashley.
Indiana
DeKalb County
This Ashley is located in DeKalb County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Ashley.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Ashley is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Ashley.
Frederick County
This Ashley is located in Frederick County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km] to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Ashley.
Michigan
Gratiot County
This Ashley is located in Gratiot County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Ashley.
Minnesota
Stearns 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 Minnesota community of Ashley [Stearns County].
Mississippi
Copiah County
This Ashley is located in Copiah County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Ashley.
Missouri
Pike County
This Ashley is located in Pike County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the north of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ashley.
Montana
Flathead 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 Montana community of Ashley [Flathead County].
North Carolina
Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Ashley [Ashe County].
North Dakota
McIntosh County
This Ashley is located in McIntosh County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McIntosh County community of Ashley.
Ohio
Delaware County
This Ashley is located in Delaware County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Ashley.
Oklahoma
Alfalfa County
This Ashley is located in Alfalfa County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alfalfa County community of Ashley.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Ashley.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Ashley is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Ashley.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
This Ashley is located in Spartanburg County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Ashley.
Texas
El Paso 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 Texas community of Ashley [El Paso County].
Utah
Uintah 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 Utah community of Ashley [Uintah County].
Virginia
Dinwiddie County
This Ashley is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Ashley.
West Virginia
Doddridge County
This Ashley is located in Doddridge County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Ashley.
Wisconsin
Marathon County
This Ashley is located in Marathon County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the north of the Ashley that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Ashley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashley ...
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 Acres (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Ashley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashley and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west (W).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Ashley 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 56 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 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,586 miles [12,208.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Ashley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4641, Longitude: -91.0445 In this case, the coordinates for Ashley 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Ashley 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 Ashley, 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 Ashley 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 315.973 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.539 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.524 degrees.