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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 Catherine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Catherine 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 Catherine:
    • 30.496301, -91.261776
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Catherine
  • 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 West Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Since Catherine is near East Baton Rouge Parish and also Pointe Coupee Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Catherine

Communities Also Named Catherine ...

We found eight communities that are also named Catherine.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Catherine.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Iberville Parish
      • This Catherine is located in Iberville Parish and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Catherine that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Catherine.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Wilcox County
      • This Catherine is located in Wilcox County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Catherine that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Catherine.
    • Colorado
      • Garfield County
      • This Catherine is located in Garfield County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Catherine that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Catherine.
    • Kentucky
      • Russell 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 Kentucky community of Catherine [Russell County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair 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 Missouri community of Catherine [Saint Clair County].
    • Nebraska
      • Chase 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 Nebraska community of Catherine [Chase County].
    • New York
      • Schuyler 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 Catherine [Schuyler County].
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Catherine is located in Hidalgo County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Catherine that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Catherine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Catherine ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
  • Anchorage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Anchorage is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Choctaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Choctaw is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • College Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cypress Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
  • Eden Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Eden Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
  • Elm Grove Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove Garden is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Garden
  • Fortune
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fortune is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
  • Golden Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ridge
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Hundred Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hundred Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
  • Lakecrest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakecrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Liberty Farms
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Farms is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Farms
    • Lincoln Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Longwood Court
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Longwood Court is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Court
    • Maryland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Maryland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
    • Merlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Merlin is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin
    • Petite Place
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Petite Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petite Place
    • Progress
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Progress is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Rose Hill ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rose Hill is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Scotland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Scotland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotlandville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
    • Standard Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Standard Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Heights
    • Sunrise
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sunrise is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • University Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • University Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
    • University Terrace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • University Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
    • Zee Zee Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Zee Zee Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zee Zee Gardens
    • Zion City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City

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

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

  • Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Catherine to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Catherine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Catherine 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 Catherine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Catherine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Catherine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4963, Longitude: -91.2618       In this case, the coordinates for Catherine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.109 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.703 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.606 degrees.