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 Progress:
30.454635, -91.158440
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 22 communities that are also named Progress.
Within Louisiana, the name Progress is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lawrence 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 Alabama community of Progress [Lawrence County].
British Columbia
This Progress lies 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
California
Sutter County
This Progress is located in Sutter County and lies 1,826 miles [2,938.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Progress.
Colorado
Baca 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 Colorado community of Progress [Baca County].
Illinois
Union 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 Illinois community of Progress [Union County].
Indiana
Delaware County
This Progress is located in Delaware County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Progress.
Kansas
Edwards County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Edwards County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Progress.
Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Progress [Leavenworth County].
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis County
This Progress is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Progress.
Perry County
This Progress is located in Perry County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the east northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Progress.
Pike County
This Progress is located in Pike County and lies 64 miles [103 km] to the northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Progress.
Missouri
Saint Louis City
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 Missouri community of Progress [Saint Louis City].
New York
Fulton County
This Progress is located in Fulton County and lies 1,270 miles [2,043.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Progress.
North Carolina
Randolph County
This Progress is located in Randolph County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Progress.
Oregon
Washington County
This Progress is located in Washington County and lies 1,990 miles [3,202.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Progress.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Progress is located in Dauphin County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Progress.
Texas
Bailey County
This Progress is located in Bailey County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bailey County community of Progress.
Hale County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hale County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Progress.
Palo Pinto 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 Texas community of Progress [Palo Pinto County].
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Progress is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Progress.
Virginia
Franklin County
This Progress is located in Franklin County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Progress that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Progress.
West Virginia
Braxton 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 West Virginia community of Progress [Braxton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Progress ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Progress to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Progress and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the southeast (SE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Progress 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 57 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 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,591 miles [12,216.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,468 miles [8,799.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Progress 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>
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- Progress) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Progress, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Progress 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 Progress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4546, Longitude: -91.1584 In this case, the coordinates for Progress have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.041 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.618 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.571 degrees.