Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mickens Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mickens Place and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mickens Place
- 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 Mickens Place:
- 30.509634, -91.107050
- 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 Mickens Place
- 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 East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Mickens Place is near West Baton Rouge Parish and also Livingston Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- eBird sighting report for Livingston 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mickens Place ...
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.
- Bird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 west) - Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Greenway Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenway Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Place
- Greenway Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Holiday Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Woods
- Holiday Woods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Kildare
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Longwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Lynn Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Place
- Lynn Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Merrydale
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Park Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Park Forest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
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- Pecan Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Ridge
- Pecan Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Pioneer Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Park
- Pioneer Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Pleasant Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Randolph Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Heights
- Randolph Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Sunnybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Sunnybrook is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Windfall
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Zion City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pecan Ridge
How Far From Mickens Place 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 Mickens Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mickens Place and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Mickens Place to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mickens Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mickens Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mickens Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5096, Longitude: -91.1071 In this case, the coordinates for Mickens Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mickens Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.016 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.596 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.543 degrees. |