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 Beechwood:
30.556855, -91.161218
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 40 communities that share the name Beechwood.
Within Louisiana, the name Beechwood is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 38 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This Beechwood is located in Lauderdale County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Beechwood.
Lowndes County
This Beechwood is located in Lowndes County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km] to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Beechwood.
Arkansas
Newton County
This Beechwood is located in Newton County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Beechwood.
Florida
Duval County
This Beechwood is located in Duval County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the east of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Beechwood.
Georgia
Taylor County
This Beechwood is located in Taylor County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Beechwood.
Indiana
Crawford County
This Beechwood is located in Crawford County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Beechwood.
Kansas
Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Beechwood [Sedgwick County].
Kentucky
Owen County
This Beechwood is located in Owen County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Beechwood.
Maryland
Talbot County
This Beechwood is located in Talbot County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Beechwood.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Beechwood is located in Norfolk County and lies 1,381 miles [2,222.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Beechwood.
Michigan
Cass County
This Beechwood is located in Cass County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Beechwood.
Iron County
This Beechwood is located in Iron County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km] to the north of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Beechwood.
Ottawa County
This Beechwood is located in Ottawa County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Beechwood.
Mississippi
Amite County
This Beechwood is located in Amite County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Beechwood.
Warren County
This Beechwood is located in Warren County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Beechwood.
Nebraska
Douglas County
This Beechwood is located in Douglas County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Beechwood.
New Brunswick
This Beechwood lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
New York
Monroe 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 New York community of Beechwood [Monroe County].
Ohio
Clermont 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 Ohio community of Beechwood [Clermont County].
Hamilton County
This Beechwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Beechwood.
Jefferson County
This Beechwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km] to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Beechwood.
Preble County
This Beechwood is located in Preble County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preble County community of Beechwood.
Stark County
This Beechwood is located in Stark County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Beechwood.
Ontario
This Beechwood lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Pennsylvania
Cameron County
This Beechwood is located in Cameron County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Beechwood.
Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Beechwood [Delaware County].
McKean County
This Beechwood is located in McKean County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km] to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Beechwood.
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Beechwood is located in Greenwood County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Beechwood.
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Beechwood is located in Bedford County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Beechwood.
Knox County
This Beechwood is located in Knox County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Beechwood.
Virginia
Mecklenburg County
This Beechwood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Beechwood.
Newport News City
This Beechwood is located in Newport News City and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Beechwood.
Prince George County
This Beechwood is located in Prince George County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km] to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Beechwood.
Virginia Beach City
This Beechwood is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Beechwood.
Wise 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 Virginia community of Beechwood [Wise County].
West Virginia
Grant 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 West Virginia community of Beechwood [Grant County].
Monongalia 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 West Virginia community of Beechwood [Monongalia County].
Wood County
This Beechwood is located in Wood County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Beechwood.
Wyoming County
This Beechwood is located in Wyoming County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the northeast of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Beechwood.
Wisconsin
Sheboygan County
This Beechwood is located in Sheboygan County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the north of the Beechwood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheboygan County community of Beechwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beechwood ...
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 south)
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.
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 Beechwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beechwood and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south (S).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Beechwood 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 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beechwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beechwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5569, Longitude: -91.1612 In this case, the coordinates for Beechwood 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 Beechwood 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 Beechwood, 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 Beechwood 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 316.055 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.648 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.557 degrees.