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 Eastgate:
30.428247, -91.052881
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 sixteen communities that share the name Eastgate.
Within Louisiana, the name Eastgate is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Eastgate, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Eastgate lies 2,009 miles [3,233.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
California
Los Angeles 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 California community of Eastgate [Los Angeles County].
Florida
Manatee County
This Eastgate is located in Manatee County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Eastgate.
Orange 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 Florida community of Eastgate [Orange County].
Sarasota County
This Eastgate is located in Sarasota County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the east southeast of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Eastgate.
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Eastgate is located in Dougherty County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Eastgate.
Indiana
Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Eastgate [Bartholomew County].
Clark 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 Indiana community of Eastgate [Clark County].
Hancock County
This Eastgate is located in Hancock County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Eastgate.
Marion 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 Indiana community of Eastgate [Marion County].
Nevada
Churchill County
This Eastgate is located in Churchill County and lies 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Eastgate.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Eastgate is located in Wake County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Eastgate.
Texas
Liberty County
This Eastgate is located in Liberty County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Eastgate.
Washington
King County
This Eastgate is located in King County and lies 2,023 miles [3,255.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastgate that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Eastgate.
Walla Walla 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 Washington community of Eastgate [Walla Walla County].
Communities Beyond North America ...
England
Distance: 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km]<1> to the northeast
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastgate ...
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 Acres (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Eastgate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastgate and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
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 Eastgate 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 56 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 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,588 miles [12,211.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,464 miles [8,793.5 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- Eastgate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eastgate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4282, Longitude: -91.0529 In this case, the coordinates for Eastgate 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 Eastgate 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 Eastgate 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 315.973 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.535 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.533 degrees.