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 Wedgewood:
30.437135, -91.011492
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 seventeen communities that share the name Wedgewood.
Within Louisiana, the name Wedgewood is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Wedgewood.
Delaware
Kent County
This Wedgewood is located in Kent County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wedgewood.
New Castle County
This Wedgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wedgewood.
Georgia
Coweta County
This Wedgewood is located in Coweta County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Wedgewood.
Fayette County
This Wedgewood is located in Fayette County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km] to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Wedgewood.
Illinois
Will County
This Wedgewood is located in Will County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<2> to the north of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wedgewood.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wedgewood [Saint Louis County].
New York
Schuyler County
This Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Wedgewood.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Wedgewood is located in Wake County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wedgewood.
Nova Scotia
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Wedgewood.
South Carolina
Richland County
This Wedgewood is located in Richland County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Wedgewood.
Texas
Tarrant County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wedgewood [Tarrant County].
Virginia
Chesapeake City
This Wedgewood is located in Chesapeake City and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Wedgewood.
Chesterfield County
This Wedgewood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Wedgewood.
Danville City
This Wedgewood is located in Danville City and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Wedgewood.
Henrico County
This Wedgewood is located in Henrico County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Wedgewood.
Norfolk City
This Wedgewood is located in Norfolk City and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km] to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Wedgewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgewood ...
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 Acres (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Wedgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wedgewood and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west (W).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wedgewood to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,586 miles [12,208.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wedgewood 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wedgewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wedgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4371, Longitude: -91.0115 In this case, the coordinates for Wedgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Wedgewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.949 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.508 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.515 degrees.