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 Glenbrook:
30.501578, -91.043160
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 thirteen communities that share the name Glenbrook.
Within Louisiana, the name Glenbrook is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Lake County
This Glenbrook is located in Lake County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Glenbrook.
Nevada County
This Glenbrook is located in Nevada County and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km] to the west northwest of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Glenbrook.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Glenbrook.
Kentucky
Harlan 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 Glenbrook [Harlan County].
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Glenbrook is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Glenbrook.
Montgomery County
This Glenbrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km] to the northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glenbrook.
Nevada
Douglas County
This Glenbrook is located in Douglas County and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Glenbrook.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Glenbrook is located in Cumberland County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Glenbrook.
Montgomery 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 Glenbrook [Montgomery County].
Ontario
This Glenbrook lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Oregon
Benton County
This Glenbrook is located in Benton County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Glenbrook.
Virginia
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Glenbrook [Fairfax County].
West Virginia
Wood County
This Glenbrook is located in Wood County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Glenbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenbrook ...
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 Dickey (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Dickey 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 Glenbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenbrook and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Glenbrook 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 56 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 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Glenbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5016, Longitude: -91.0432 In this case, the coordinates for Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Glenbrook 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 315.976 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.548 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.518 degrees.