Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Frisco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frisco and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Frisco
- 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 Frisco:
- 30.472968, -91.231498
- 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 Frisco
- 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 West Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Frisco is near East Baton Rouge Parish and also Iberville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
- eBird sighting report for Iberville 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 Frisco ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Frisco.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Frisco.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Frisco is located in Benton County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Frisco that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Frisco.
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Frisco [Crawford County].
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Catron County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Catron County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Frisco.
- Socorro County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Frisco [Socorro County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Canadian County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Frisco [Canadian County].
- Pontotoc County
- This Frisco is located in Pontotoc County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Frisco that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Frisco.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frisco ...
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 Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
- Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Anchorage
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Catherine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Eden Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Elm Grove Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Garden
- Elm Grove Garden is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Hundred Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hundred Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
- Hundred Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Lakecrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Longwood Court
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Court
- Longwood Court is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (8 more) ...
- Scotlandville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
- Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Standard Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standard Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Heights
- Standard Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Sunrise
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - University Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- University Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
- University Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- University View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University View
- University View is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Walnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Zee Zee Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zee Zee Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zee Zee Gardens
- Zee Zee Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Scotlandville
How Far From Frisco 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 Frisco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Frisco once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Frisco and extending to:
- Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Frisco to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for West Baton Rouge Parish: www.wbrcouncil.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' (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- Frisco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frisco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4730, Longitude: -91.2315 In this case, the coordinates for Frisco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Frisco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Frisco 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Frisco to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.088 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.597 degrees. |