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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 Liberty Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liberty Farms 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 Liberty Farms:
    • 30.541300, -91.143440
    • 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 Liberty Farms
  • 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 Liberty Farms ...

We found one communities that share the name Liberty Farms.

Within Louisiana, the name Liberty Farms is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Liberty Farms in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Solano County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Liberty Farms [Solano County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liberty Farms ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
    • Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Buffwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffwood
    • Buffwood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Cypress Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
    • Cypress Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Ellen Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellen Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Place
    • Ellen Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Elm Grove Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Fortune
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fortune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
    • Fortune is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Golden Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ridge
    • Golden Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Green Gate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gate
    • Green Gate is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Holiday Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Woods
    • Holiday Woods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Maryland
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
      • Maryland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Parkridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
      • Parkridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Pecan Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Ridge
      • Pecan Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Pleasant Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
      • Pleasant Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Scotland
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
      • Scotland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Scotlandville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
      • Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Whispering Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
      • Whispering Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Zion City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
      • Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish

How Far From Liberty Farms 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 Liberty Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Liberty Farms and extending to:

  • Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the South.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Liberty Farms 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 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Liberty Farms. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Liberty Farms 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.
<2>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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Liberty Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Liberty Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5413, Longitude: -91.1434       In this case, the coordinates for Liberty Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Liberty Farms 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 316.042 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.631 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.553 degrees.









 

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