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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 Carroll, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carroll 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 Carroll:
    • 32.078808, -93.391744
    • 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 Carroll
  • 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 Carroll ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Carroll.

There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Carroll.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Union Parish
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Carroll [Union Parish].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Carroll [Hot Spring County].
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Carroll [Polk County].
    • Georgia
      • Carroll County
      • This Carroll is located in Carroll County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Carroll.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Carroll [Carroll County].
    • Iowa
      • Carroll County
      • This Carroll is located in Carroll County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<3> to the north of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Carroll.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Carroll is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,635 miles [2,631.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Carroll.
    • Manitoba
      • This Carroll lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Carroll is located in Baltimore City and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Carroll.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Carroll [Carroll County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Carroll [Deer Lodge County].
      • Fergus County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Carroll [Fergus County].
    • Nebraska
      • Wayne County
      • This Carroll is located in Wayne County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Carroll.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Carroll [Lander County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Carroll is located in Coos County and lies 1,447 miles [2,328.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Carroll.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Carroll is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Carroll.
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Carroll is located in Duplin County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Carroll.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Carroll is located in Fairfield County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Carroll.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Carroll [Baker County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Carroll is located in Clinton County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Carroll.
      • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carroll [McKean County].
    • Quebec
      • This Carroll lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Carroll is located in Madison County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<3> to the northeast of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Carroll.
    • Texas
      • Smith County
      • This Carroll is located in Smith County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Carroll that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Carroll.
    • West Virginia
      • Carroll #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Carroll.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carroll ...

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.

  • Bayou Pierre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Pierre have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
    • Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
  • Edgefield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
    • Emmett is located in Red River Parish
  • Evelyn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
    • Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
  • Grand Bayou
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
  • Halfway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hall Summit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Summit
    • Hall Summit is located in Red River Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hall Summit <5>
  • Loggy Bayou
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loggy Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loggy Bayou
    • Loggy Bayou is located in Red River Parish
  • Magnolia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
  • Oxbow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
    • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish

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

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

  • Coushatta, which is the Seat of Red River Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Carroll to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,612 miles [12,250.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,488 miles [8,832.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Carroll, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 Carroll 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carroll) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carroll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0788, Longitude: -93.3917       In this case, the coordinates for Carroll have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Carroll to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.63 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.688 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.261 degrees.