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 Timberlane:
30.521300, -91.129273
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 ten communities that share the name Timberlane.
There are two communities within Louisiana that are also named Timberlane.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Louisiana ...
Caddo Parish
This Timberlane is located in Caddo Parish and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Timberlane.
Jefferson Parish
This Timberlane is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Timberlane.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Timberlane is located in Montgomery County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Timberlane.
Tuscaloosa County
This Timberlane is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the northeast of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Timberlane.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Timberlane is located in Hillsborough County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Timberlane.
Illinois
Boone County
This Timberlane is located in Boone County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the north of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Timberlane.
Mississippi
Warren County
This Timberlane is located in Warren County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the north of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Timberlane.
Oklahoma
Pawnee County
This Timberlane is located in Pawnee County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Timberlane.
South Carolina
Pickens County
This Timberlane is located in Pickens County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Timberlane.
Washington
King County
This Timberlane is located in King County and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timberlane that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Timberlane.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Timberlane ...
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 (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Timberlane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Timberlane and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Timberlane to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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- Timberlane) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Timberlane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5213, Longitude: -91.1293 In this case, the coordinates for Timberlane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Timberlane to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.031 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.615 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.55 degrees.