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 Baywood:
30.691023, -90.882995
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 nine communities that share the name Baywood.
Within Louisiana, the name Baywood is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Mateo 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 California community of Baywood [San Mateo County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Baywood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Baywood.
Putnam County
This Baywood is located in Putnam County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Baywood.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Baywood is located in Ocean County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Baywood.
New York
Suffolk County
This Baywood is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Baywood.
North Carolina
Pitt County
This Baywood is located in Pitt County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Baywood.
Ohio
Clermont County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Baywood.
Texas
Harris 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 Texas community of Baywood [Harris County].
Virginia
Grayson County
This Baywood is located in Grayson County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Baywood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Baywood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baywood ...
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.
Bluff Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Baywood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Baywood and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Baywood to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,568 miles [12,179.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,445 miles [8,762.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 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 Baywood 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baywood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6910, Longitude: -90.8830 In this case, the coordinates for Baywood 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 Baywood, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Baywood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.90 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.485 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.428 degrees.