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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 Basile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basile 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 Basile:
    • 30.485511, -92.601019
    • 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 Basile
  • 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 Evangeline Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline Parish
    • Since Basile is near Jefferson Davis Parish and also Acadia Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Acadia 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Basile

Communities Also Named Basile ...

We found one communities that are also named Basile.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Basile.

Beyond Louisiana.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Acadia Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Basile [Acadia Parish].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Basile ...

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.

  • Cartville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cartville is located in Acadia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartville
  • China
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
  • Elder
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elder is located in Allen Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Elton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <2>
  • Fords ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fords is located in Allen Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
  • Iota
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Iota is located in Acadia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iota
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,428 people
  • Keystone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Keystone is located in Acadia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Lyles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lyles is located in Allen Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
  • Pine Island
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Island is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
  • Raymond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond

How Far From Basile to ...

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 town such as Basile to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Basile and extending to:

  • Ville Platte, which is the Seat of Evangeline Parish, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Basile to Ville Platte, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,654 miles [12,317.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 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 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 Basile 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Basile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Basile 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 Basile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4855, Longitude: -92.6010       In this case, the coordinates for Basile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.937 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.668 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.143 degrees.