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 Walden:
30.392414, -91.119550
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 23 communities that share the name Walden.
Within Louisiana, the name Walden is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Carroll County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Walden [Carroll County].
Colorado
Jackson County
This Walden is located in Jackson County and lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Walden.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Walden is located in Bibb County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Walden.
Illinois
Cook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Walden [Cook County].
Indiana
Allen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Walden [Allen County].
Iowa
Cedar County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Walden [Cedar County].
Kentucky
Whitley County
This Walden is located in Whitley County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Walden.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Walden is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Walden.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Walden [Monroe County].
New York
Erie County
This Walden is located in Erie County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Walden.
Orange County
This Walden is located in Orange County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km] to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Walden.
North Carolina
Johnston County
This Walden is located in Johnston County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Walden.
North Dakota
Cass County
This Walden is located in Cass County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Walden.
Nova Scotia
This Walden lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Ontario
This Walden lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Oregon
Lane County
This Walden is located in Lane County and lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Walden.
South Carolina
Abbeville County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walden [Abbeville County].
Lexington County
This Walden is located in Lexington County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Walden.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Walden is located in Hamilton County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walden.
Texas
Jefferson County
This Walden is located in Jefferson County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the west of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Walden.
Montgomery County
Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walden.
Vermont
Caledonia County
This Walden is located in Caledonia County and lies 1,413 miles [2,274 km]<2> to the northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of Walden.
Virginia
Newport News City
This Walden is located in Newport News City and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Walden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walden ...
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.
Bluebonnet Ridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluebonnet Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Walden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walden and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Walden 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 57 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 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,593 miles [12,219.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Walden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Walden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3924, Longitude: -91.1196 In this case, the coordinates for Walden 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Walden 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 Walden 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 316.01 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.573 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.564 degrees.