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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 Executive Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Executive Park 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 Executive Park:
    • 30.459913, -91.120939
    • 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 Executive Park
  • 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 Executive Park ...

We found two communities that share the name Executive Park.

Within Louisiana, the name Executive Park is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Executive Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Executive Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Executive Park.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb 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 Georgia community of Executive Park [DeKalb County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Executive 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.

  • Bird
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
    • Bird is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Eden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
    • Eden Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Goodwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwood
    • Goodwood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Greenway Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenway Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Place
    • Greenway Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Hundred Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hundred Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
    • Hundred Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Kildare
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kildare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
    • Kildare is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Land O'Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land O'Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Lakes
    • Land O'Lakes is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Longwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Longwood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Longwood Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Court
    • Longwood Court is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Lynn Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Place
    • Lynn Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Merrydale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrydale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
    • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
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    • Palm Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Hills
      • Palm Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Pioneer Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Park
      • Pioneer Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Progress
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progress have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
      • Progress is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Smiley Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Heights
      • Smiley Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Walnut Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
      • Walnut Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Windfall
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windfall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
      • Windfall is located in East Baton Rouge Parish

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

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

  • Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Executive Park 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 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,466 miles [8,796.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Executive 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Executive Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Executive Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4599, Longitude: -91.1209       In this case, the coordinates for Executive 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Executive 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 Executive 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 316.019 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.593 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.555 degrees.









 

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