Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fountain Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fountain 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 Fountain Park:
- 30.283528, -89.788119
- 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 Fountain 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 Saint Tammany Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
- Since Fountain Park is near Orleans Parish and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
- eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- 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 Fountain Park ...
We found eight communities that share the name Fountain Park.
Within Louisiana, the name Fountain Park is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Fountain Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fountain Park.
- Indiana
- Jasper County
- This Fountain Park is located in Jasper County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Fountain Park.
- Steuben County
- This Fountain Park is located in Steuben County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km] to the north northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Fountain Park.
- Michigan
- Hillsdale County
- This Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Fountain Park.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Fountain Park is located in Saint Louis County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the north of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fountain Park.
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This Fountain Park is located in Champaign County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Tammany Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Fountain Park.
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Fountain Park [Bexar County].
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Fountain Park [Milwaukee County].
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain 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.
- Bon Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Cadillac Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadillac Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadillac Park
- Cadillac Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Carolyn Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carolyn Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolyn Park
- Carolyn Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Colt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Forest Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pines
- Forest Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Kings Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Kings Point is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Lake Shore Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Liberty Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pines
- Liberty Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Palm Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Pine Shadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Shadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Shadows
- Pine Shadows is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Piney Ridge Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Ridge Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge Park
- Piney Ridge Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish
How Far From Fountain 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 Fountain Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Park and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Saint Tammany Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Park to Covington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 936 miles [1,506.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,538 miles [12,131.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,415 miles [8,714.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fountain Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Tammany Parish: www.stpgov.org/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fountain Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fountain Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2835, Longitude: -89.7881 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain 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 Fountain 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 Fountain 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 315.19 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.603 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.06 degrees. |