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 Park Manor:
30.506856, -91.174552
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.
Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Park Manor
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:
We found six communities that are also named Park Manor.
Within Louisiana, the name Park Manor is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Park Manor is located in Montgomery County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Park Manor.
Illinois
Cook County
This Park Manor is located in Cook County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Park Manor.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Park Manor is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Park Manor.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Park Manor is located in Berks County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Park Manor.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Park Manor is located in Rutherford County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Park Manor.
Virginia
Portsmouth City
This Park Manor is located in Portsmouth City and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Manor that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Park Manor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Manor ...
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 northeast)
Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
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 Park Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Park Manor and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Park Manor to White House, with an average speed<2>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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,466 miles [8,796.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Park Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Park Manor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Park Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5069, Longitude: -91.1746 In this case, the coordinates for Park Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.057 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.644 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.57 degrees.