Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Scotland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Scotland
- 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 Scotland:
- 30.523800, -91.164274
- 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 Scotland
- 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 Scotland 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
Communities Also Named Scotland ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Scotland.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Scotland.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Union County
- This Scotland is located in Union County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Scotland.
- Van Buren County
- This Scotland is located in Van Buren County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km] to the north northwest of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Scotland.
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Scotland is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Scotland.
- York County
- This Scotland is located in York County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km] to the northeast of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Scotland.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Scotland is located in Montgomery County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Scotland.
- Saint Mary's County
- This Scotland is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km] to the northeast of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Scotland.
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Scotland lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scotland that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotland ...
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 south)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
- Airline Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Cypress Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
- Cypress Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Ellen Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellen Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Place
- Ellen Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Elm Grove Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Garden
- Elm Grove Garden is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 east) - Golden Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ridge
- Golden Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Holiday Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Woods
- Holiday Woods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Liberty Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Farms
- Liberty Farms is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Maryland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Scotlandville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
- Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- University Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Zion City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Scotland 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 Scotland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scotland and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Scotland 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 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,589 miles [12,213.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Scotland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Scotland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Scotland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5238, Longitude: -91.1643 In this case, the coordinates for Scotland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Scotland 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. |
| <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 Scotland 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 316.053 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.641 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.563 degrees. |