Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Westminster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westminster and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Westminster
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- 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 Westminster:
- 30.413803, -91.087604
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Westminster
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Since Westminster is near Iberville Parish and also West Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
- eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
- Waymarking ...
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Westminster ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Westminster.
Within Louisiana, the name Westminster is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Orange County
- This Westminster is located in Orange County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Westminster.
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- This Westminster is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Westminster.
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- This Westminster is located in Windham County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Westminster.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Westminster is located in New Castle County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Westminster.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Westminster is located in Hillsborough County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Westminster.
- Illinois
- Shelby County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westminster [Shelby County].
- Kansas
- Reno 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 Kansas community of Westminster [Reno County].
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Westminster is located in Carroll County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Westminster.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This Westminster is located in Worcester County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Westminster.
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Westminster [Grand Traverse County].
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- This Westminster is located in Rutherford County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Westminster.
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Westminster is located in Allen County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Westminster.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Westminster.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Westminster is located in Erie County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Westminster.
- Luzerne County
- This Westminster is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km] to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Westminster.
- Quebec
- This Westminster lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- This Westminster is located in Oconee County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Westminster.
- Texas
- Brazoria County
- This Westminster is located in Brazoria County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the west of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Westminster.
- Collin County
- This Westminster is located in Collin County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the northwest of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Westminster.
- Vermont
- Windham County
- This Westminster is located in Windham County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westminster that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Westminster.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westminster ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
- Airline Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Bluebonnet Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebonnet Ridge
- Bluebonnet Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Cedar Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Crest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Cloverland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cloverland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Dent Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dent Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent Terrace
- Dent Terrace is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Executive Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Executive Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Park
- Executive Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Forest Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Forest Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Goodwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Green Back Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Back Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Back Forest
- Green Back Forest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (20 more) ...
- Independence Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Place
- Independence Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Kings Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Hill
- Kings Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Kingsbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Land O'Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land O'Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Lakes
- Land O'Lakes is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Laurel Lea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Lea have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
- Laurel Lea is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Meadow Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meadow Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Palm Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Hills
- Palm Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Quail Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Quail Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Red Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Royal Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Silverside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
- Silverside is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Southpark
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Sweetbriar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetbriar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Sweetbriar is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- University Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
- University Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Walnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Woodland Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
- Woodland Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Woodland Ridge Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Ridge Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge Park
- Woodland Ridge Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Independence Place
How Far From Westminster to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Westminster to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westminster and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Westminster 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 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westminster. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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- Westminster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westminster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4138, Longitude: -91.0876 In this case, the coordinates for Westminster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Westminster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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 315.993 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.556 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.548 degrees. |