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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 Carterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carterville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Carterville:
    • 32.969859, -93.588230
    • 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 Carterville
  • 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Since Carterville is near Webster Parish and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Carterville

Communities Also Named Carterville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Carterville.

Within Louisiana, the name Carterville is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Carterville is located in Eagle County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Carterville.
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns 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 Carterville [Saint Johns County].
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Carterville is located in Williamson County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Carterville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Carterville is located in Worcester County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Carterville.
    • Mississippi
      • Forrest County
      • This Carterville is located in Forrest County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Carterville.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Carterville is located in Jasper County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the north of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Carterville.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Carterville is located in Oswego County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Carterville.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Carterville [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • This Carterville is located in Cass County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Carterville.
      • Harrison County
      • This Carterville is located in Harrison County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west southwest of the Carterville that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Carterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carterville ...

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.

  • Bunker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bunker is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
  • Forest Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Forest Grove is located in Lafayette County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Gin City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gin City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
  • Ivan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • Plain Dealing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Porterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Porterville is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Rocky Mount
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Mount is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Timothy ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Timothy is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
  • Walnut Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
  • Welcome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Welcome is located in Columbia County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Woodlawn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Carterville to Benton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 225 miles [362.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Carterville 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>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 Carterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Carterville 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 Carterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9699, Longitude: -93.5882       In this case, the coordinates for Carterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.856 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.069 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.222 degrees.