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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 Creola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creola 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 Creola:
    • 31.429992, -92.482846
    • 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 Creola
  • 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 Grant Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
    • Since Creola is near Rapides Parish and also La Salle Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Creola

Communities Also Named Creola ...

We found four communities that are also named Creola.

Within Louisiana, the name Creola is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Creola is located in Mobile County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the east of the Creola that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Creola.
    • Kansas
      • Finney 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 Kansas community of Creola [Finney County].
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • This Creola is located in Vinton County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Creola that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Creola.
    • Virginia
      • Grayson 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 Virginia community of Creola [Grayson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creola ...

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.

  • Ball
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <3>
  • Kingsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Lee Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
  • Magnolia Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia Park is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
  • Mead ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mead is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
  • Paradise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Prospect
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Prospect is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rock Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rock Hill is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Stay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Stay is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
  • Timber Trails
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Timber Trails is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails

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

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

  • Colfax, which is the Seat of Grant Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Creola to Colfax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Creola) 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 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 Creola 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>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 Creola 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 Creola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4300, Longitude: -92.4828       In this case, the coordinates for Creola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.978 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.841 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.97 degrees.