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 Woodcrest:
30.471857, -91.007880
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 nineteen communities that share the name Woodcrest.
Within Louisiana, the name Woodcrest is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Woodcrest is located in Jefferson County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodcrest.
California
Riverside County
This Woodcrest is located in Riverside County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Woodcrest.
Delaware
Kent County
This Woodcrest is located in Kent County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woodcrest.
New Castle County
This Woodcrest is located in New Castle County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Woodcrest.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Woodcrest is located in Bibb County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Woodcrest.
DeKalb County
This Woodcrest is located in DeKalb County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the east northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Woodcrest.
Illinois
Henry County
This Woodcrest is located in Henry County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the north of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Woodcrest.
Saint Clair County
This Woodcrest is located in Saint Clair County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the north of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Woodcrest.
Winnebago County
This Woodcrest is located in Winnebago County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km] to the north of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Woodcrest.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Woodcrest is located in Morgan County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodcrest.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Woodcrest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woodcrest.
Frederick County
This Woodcrest is located in Frederick County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodcrest.
Harford County
This Woodcrest is located in Harford County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km] to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Woodcrest.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This Woodcrest is located in Monroe County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Woodcrest.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Woodcrest is located in Camden County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Woodcrest.
North Carolina
Davidson County
This Woodcrest is located in Davidson County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Woodcrest.
Stanly County
This Woodcrest is located in Stanly County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Woodcrest.
Wake County
This Woodcrest is located in Wake County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the east northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Woodcrest.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This Woodcrest is located in Chester County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Woodcrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodcrest ...
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.
Camelot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Woodcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodcrest and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west (W).
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 Woodcrest to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woodcrest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4719, Longitude: -91.0079 In this case, the coordinates for Woodcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Woodcrest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.951 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.515 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.509 degrees.