Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Deer Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deer Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Deer Park
- 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 Deer Park:
- 31.417393, -91.581509
- 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 Deer Park
- 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 Concordia Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Concordia Parish
- Since Deer Park is near Adams County and also Catahoula Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- eBird sighting report for Catahoula 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 Deer Park ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Deer Park.
Within Louisiana, the name Deer Park is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Deer Park lies 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Deer Park is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Deer Park.
- Napa County
- This Deer Park is located in Napa County and lies 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km] to the west northwest of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Deer Park.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Deer Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Deer Park.
- Osceola County
- This Deer Park is located in Osceola County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the east southeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Deer Park.
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- This Deer Park is located in La Salle County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the north of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Deer Park.
- Lake County
- This Deer Park is located in Lake County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the north northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Deer Park.
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Deer Park is located in Baltimore County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Deer Park.
- Charles County
- This Deer Park is located in Charles County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km] to the northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Deer Park.
- Garrett County
- This Deer Park is located in Garrett County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km] to the northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Deer Park.
- Harford County
- This Deer Park is located in Harford County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km] to the northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Deer Park.
- Montgomery County
- This Deer Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Deer Park.
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Deer Park [Prince George's County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Newport News City
- This Deer Park is located in Newport News City and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Deer Park that is located in Concordia Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Deer Park.
- Prince William 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 Virginia community of Deer Park [Prince William County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deer Park ...
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.
- Carthage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
- Elkhorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Flowery Mound ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowery Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery Mound
- Flowery Mound is located in Concordia Parish
- Frogmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Glasscock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - New Era
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Scotland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Stacy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Turtle Lake ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Concordia Parish
- Union Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Union Point is located in Concordia Parish
How Far From Deer Park 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 Deer Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deer Park and extending to:
- Vidalia, which is the Seat of Concordia Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Deer Park to Vidalia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,851 miles [11,025.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deer Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deer Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deer Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4174, Longitude: -91.5815 In this case, the coordinates for Deer Park 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 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 Deer Park 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 Deer Park 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 316.413 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.18 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.603 degrees. |