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 University Gardens:
30.421025, -91.149273
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 University Gardens
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:
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:
Open the Waymark.com report for University Gardens
Communities Also Named University Gardens ...
We found three communities that are also named University Gardens.
Within Louisiana, the name University Gardens 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
Prince George's County
This University Gardens is located in Prince George's County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the University Gardens that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of University Gardens.
New York
Nassau County
This University Gardens is located in Nassau County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the University Gardens that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of University Gardens.
Ontario
This University Gardens lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the University Gardens that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near University Gardens ...
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.
College Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
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 University Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in University Gardens and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the north (N).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from University Gardens 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 57 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 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,593 miles [12,219.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- University Gardens) 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 University Gardens 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 University Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4210, Longitude: -91.1493 In this case, the coordinates for University Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.032 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.602 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.572 degrees.