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 Woods Edge:
30.517133, -91.036493
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 Woods 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 seven communities that are also named Woods Edge.
Within Louisiana, the name Woods Edge is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
Sussex County
This Woods Edge is located in Sussex County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Woods Edge.
Indiana
Hamilton County
This Woods Edge is located in Hamilton County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Woods Edge.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Woods Edge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woods Edge.
Kent County
This Woods Edge is located in Kent County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km] to the northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woods Edge.
Wicomico County
This Woods Edge is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km] to the northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Woods Edge.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Woods Edge is located in Cumberland County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Woods Edge.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Woods Edge is located in Berks County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woods Edge that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Woods Edge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods 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 Woods Edge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Edge and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
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 Woods Edge 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 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,583 miles [12,203.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,459 miles [8,785.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woods Edge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Woods 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 Woods Edge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5171, Longitude: -91.0365 In this case, the coordinates for Woods Edge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.974 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.548 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.514 degrees.