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 Monterey:
30.523522, -91.135940
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 35 communities that share the name Monterey.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Monterey.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Louisiana ...
Concordia Parish
This Monterey is located in Concordia Parish and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Monterey.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Butler County
This Monterey is located in Butler County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Monterey.
Arkansas
Cross County
This Monterey is located in Cross County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the north of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Monterey.
California
Monterey County
This Monterey is located in Monterey County and lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Monterey.
Florida
Duval 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 Florida community of Monterey [Duval County].
Georgia
Fulton County
This Monterey is located in Fulton County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Monterey.
Illinois
Fulton County
This Monterey is located in Fulton County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the north of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Monterey.
Indiana
Pulaski County
This Monterey is located in Pulaski County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Monterey.
Iowa
Davis County
This Monterey is located in Davis County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the north of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Monterey.
Kansas
Riley 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 Kansas community of Monterey [Riley County].
Kentucky
Bourbon County
This Monterey is located in Bourbon County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Monterey.
Owen County
This Monterey is located in Owen County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Monterey.
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
This Monterey is located in Berkshire County and lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Monterey.
Michigan
Allegan 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 Michigan community of Monterey [Allegan County].
Minnesota
Martin 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 Minnesota community of Monterey [Martin County].
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Monterey is located in Rankin County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Monterey.
Missouri
Reynolds County
This Monterey is located in Reynolds County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the north of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Monterey.
Nebraska
Cuming County
This Monterey is located in Cuming County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuming County community of Monterey.
New Mexico
Otero County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Otero County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Monterey.
New York
Schuyler County
This Monterey is located in Schuyler County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Monterey.
Ohio
Clermont County
This Monterey is located in Clermont County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Monterey.
Hamilton County
This Monterey is located in Hamilton County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Monterey.
Mercer County
This Monterey is located in Mercer County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km] to the north northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Monterey.
Pennsylvania
Adams 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 Pennsylvania community of Monterey [Adams County].
Berks County
This Monterey is located in Berks County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Monterey.
Clarion County
This Monterey is located in Clarion County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Monterey.
Franklin County
This Monterey is located in Franklin County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Monterey.
Lancaster County
This Monterey is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km] to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Monterey.
South Carolina
Abbeville County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Monterey [Abbeville County].
Tennessee
Putnam County
This Monterey is located in Putnam County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Monterey.
Texas
Angelina County
This Monterey is located in Angelina County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Angelina County community of Monterey.
Hill County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hill County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Monterey.
Marion County
This Monterey is located in Marion County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the northwest of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Monterey.
Virginia
Highland County
This Monterey is located in Highland County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Monterey.
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
This Monterey is located in Waukesha County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the north of the Monterey that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Monterey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monterey ...
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 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
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.
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 Monterey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monterey and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Monterey 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 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,464 miles [8,793.5 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- Monterey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monterey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5235, Longitude: -91.1359 In this case, the coordinates for Monterey 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 Monterey 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>
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 Monterey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Monterey 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 316.036 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.621 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.552 degrees.