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 Sunnybrook:
30.492967, -91.087049
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 Sunnybrook
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 eight communities that are also named Sunnybrook.
Within Louisiana, the name Sunnybrook is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Sunnybrook lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
California
Amador County
This Sunnybrook is located in Amador County and lies 1,772 miles [2,851.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amador County community of Sunnybrook.
Kentucky
Wayne County
This Sunnybrook is located in Wayne County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Sunnybrook.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Sunnybrook is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Sunnybrook.
New York
Putnam County
This Sunnybrook is located in Putnam County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Sunnybrook.
Nova Scotia
This Sunnybrook lies 1,740 miles [2,800.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunnybrook.
Virginia
Roanoke County
This Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnybrook that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Sunnybrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnybrook ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sunnybrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunnybrook and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the southwest (SW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunnybrook 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 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Sunnybrook) 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 Sunnybrook 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 Sunnybrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4930, Longitude: -91.0870 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnybrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.002 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.577 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.537 degrees.