Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brown Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brown Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brown Heights
- 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 Brown Heights:
- 30.590187, -91.116773
- 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 Brown Heights
- Bird Watching ...
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Brown Heights is near West Baton Rouge Parish and also Livingston Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
- 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 Brown Heights ...
We found two communities that share the name Brown Heights.
Within Louisiana, the name Brown Heights is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Brown Heights is located in Carroll County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brown Heights that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Brown Heights.
- Ohio
- Guernsey 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 Ohio community of Brown Heights [Guernsey County].
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Heights ...
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.
- Buffwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Cypress Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
- Cypress Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Ellen Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellen Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Place
- Ellen Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Green Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gate
- Green Gate is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Liberty Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Farms
- Liberty Farms is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Parkridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Pecan Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Ridge
- Pecan Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
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- Plantation Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation Way have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Way
- Plantation Way is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Ski Stone
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Waters Edge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waters Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
- Waters Edge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Welcome Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welcome Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Heights
- Welcome Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Whispering Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
- Whispering Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Plantation Way
How Far From Brown Heights to ...
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 Brown Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brown Heights and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Heights to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 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 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,583 miles [12,203.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brown Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
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- Brown Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brown Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5902, Longitude: -91.1168 In this case, the coordinates for Brown Heights 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 Brown Heights 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Brown Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.625 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.535 degrees. |