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 Parkridge:
30.581854, -91.134829
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 Parkridge
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 three communities that are also named Parkridge.
Within Louisiana, the name Parkridge is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Parkridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkridge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Parkridge.
Ohio
Stark County
This Parkridge is located in Stark County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Parkridge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Parkridge.
Saskatchewan
This Parkridge lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkridge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkridge ...
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.
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 Parkridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkridge and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Parkridge to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,585 miles [12,206.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Parkridge) 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 Parkridge 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 Parkridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5819, Longitude: -91.1348 In this case, the coordinates for Parkridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.042 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.636 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.543 degrees.