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 Huntington Park:
30.583243, -91.027882
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 ten communities that share the name Huntington Park.
There are three communities within Louisiana that are also named Huntington Park.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Louisiana ...
Caddo Parish
This Huntington Park is located in Caddo Parish and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Huntington Park.
Orleans Parish
This Huntington Park is located in Orleans Parish and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Huntington Park.
Ouachita Parish
This Huntington Park is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Huntington Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Huntington Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Huntington Park.
Arizona
Pima 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 Arizona community of Huntington Park [Pima County].
California
Los Angeles County
This Huntington Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Huntington Park.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Huntington Park is located in Clarke County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Huntington Park.
Illinois
Cook 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 Illinois community of Huntington Park [Cook County].
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Huntington Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Huntington Park.
Ohio
Brown County
This Huntington Park is located in Brown County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Huntington Park that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Huntington Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntington 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 Dickey (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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.
Woodland View is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
How Far From Huntington Park 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 Huntington Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Huntington Park and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Huntington Park to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,580 miles [12,198.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,456 miles [8,780.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 from Point A (ie- Huntington Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Huntington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5832, Longitude: -91.0279 In this case, the coordinates for Huntington 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Huntington 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'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 Huntington Park 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 311.559 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.501 degrees.