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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lola and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Lola:
    • 37.318621, -88.308230
    • 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 Lola
  • 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Lola is near Crittenden County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Lola

Communities Also Named Lola ...

We found five communities that are also named Lola.

Within Kentucky, the name Lola is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Barber 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 Kansas community of Lola [Barber County].
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lola [Cherokee County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalkaska 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 Michigan community of Lola [Kalkaska County].
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Lola is located in Carteret County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<2> to the east of the Lola that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Lola.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Lola [Pittsylvania County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lola ...

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.

  • Birdsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Birdsville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
  • Cave in Rock Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cave in Rock Ferry is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave in Rock Ferry
  • Dycusburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
  • Elizabethtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Frances
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Frances is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
  • Heater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Heater is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heater
  • Humm Wye
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Humm Wye is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humm Wye
  • Joy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Joy is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Marion
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <3>
  • Mineral City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mineral City is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
  • Mitchell Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell Landing is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Landing
  • Peters Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Peters Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
  • Ropers Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ropers Landing is located in Pope County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Landing
  • View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • View is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View

How Far From Lola 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 Lola to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lola and extending to:

  • Smithland, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lola to Smithland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 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 Lola 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 county. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lola 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 Lola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3186, Longitude: -88.3082    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.80 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.109 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.085 degrees.