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 Eastland:
30.433524, -91.153717
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 nine communities that share the name Eastland.
Within Louisiana, the name Eastland is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Eastland is located in Fayette County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Eastland.
Mason 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 Eastland [Mason County].
Mississippi
Sunflower County
This Eastland is located in Sunflower County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the north of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Eastland.
North Carolina
Caswell 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 North Carolina community of Eastland [Caswell County].
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Eastland is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Eastland.
Tennessee
White County
This Eastland is located in White County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Eastland.
Texas
Eastland County
This Eastland is located in Eastland County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Eastland.
Utah
San Juan County
This Eastland is located in San Juan County and lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Eastland.
Washington
King County
This Eastland is located in King County and lies 2,023 miles [3,255.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Eastland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastland ...
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.
College Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Zee Zee Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
How Far From Eastland 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 Eastland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastland and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the north (N).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Eastland 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 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,592 miles [12,218.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eastland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4335, Longitude: -91.1537 In this case, the coordinates for Eastland 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 Eastland 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 Eastland 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 316.036 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.609 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.572 degrees.