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 Clearmont:
30.487690, -91.067327
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 four communities that share the name Clearmont.
Within Louisiana, the name Clearmont is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Missouri
Nodaway County
This Clearmont is located in Nodaway County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Clearmont that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Clearmont.
South Carolina
Oconee County
This Clearmont is located in Oconee County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clearmont that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Clearmont.
Tennessee
Warren County
This Clearmont is located in Warren County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clearmont that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Clearmont.
Wyoming
Sheridan County
This Clearmont is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clearmont that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Clearmont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearmont ...
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.
Forest Oaks (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Clearmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clearmont and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Clearmont to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clearmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clearmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4877, Longitude: -91.0673 In this case, the coordinates for Clearmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Clearmont to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.989 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.562 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.53 degrees.