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 Waters Edge:
30.568799, -91.104272
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 Waters Edge
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 five communities that are also named Waters Edge.
Within Louisiana, the name Waters Edge is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Johnson County
This Waters Edge is located in Johnson County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Waters Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Waters Edge.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Waters Edge is located in Carroll County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Waters Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Waters Edge.
New York
Saratoga County
This Waters Edge is located in Saratoga County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the northeast of the Waters Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Waters Edge.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Waters Edge is located in Cumberland County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Waters Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Waters Edge.
South Carolina
Dorchester County
This Waters Edge is located in Dorchester County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Waters Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Waters Edge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waters Edge ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Waters Edge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Waters Edge 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 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Waters Edge 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 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waters Edge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 Waters Edge 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 Waters Edge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5688, Longitude: -91.1043 In this case, the coordinates for Waters Edge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.021 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.61 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.533 degrees.