Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Doyle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doyle and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Doyle
- 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 Doyle:
- 30.503523, -90.738985
- 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 Doyle
- 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 Livingston Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
- Since Doyle is near Tangipahoa Parish and also Ascension Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
- eBird sighting report for Ascension 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Doyle ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Doyle.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Doyle.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Lassen County
- This Doyle is located in Lassen County and lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Doyle that is located in Livingston Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Doyle.
- Tulare 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 California community of Doyle [Tulare County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Harvey 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 Doyle [Harvey County].
- Marion County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Marion County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Doyle.
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gratiot County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Doyle.
- Macomb County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Doyle [Macomb County].
- Mecosta 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 Doyle [Mecosta County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Limestone County
- This Doyle is located in Limestone County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Doyle that is located in Livingston Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Doyle.
- San Patricio County
- This Doyle is located in San Patricio County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the west southwest of the Doyle that is located in Livingston Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Patricio County community of Doyle.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doyle ...
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.
- Baptist
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Livingston Parish
- Frost
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Gamble Spur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gamble Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Spur
- Gamble Spur is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Georgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georgeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Horse Bluff Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Bluff Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Bluff Landing
- Horse Bluff Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Hungarian Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungarian Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungarian Settlement
- Hungarian Settlement is located in Livingston Parish
- Little River ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Little River is located in Livingston Parish
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Neal Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neal Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Landing
- Neal Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Pumpkin Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Union Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Landing
- Union Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Yawn ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Doyle to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Doyle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Doyle and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Livingston Parish, lies just to the Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Doyle to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<6> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,447 miles [8,766.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Doyle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
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 Doyle 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> | 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- Doyle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doyle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5035, Longitude: -90.7390 In this case, the coordinates for Doyle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Doyle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Doyle 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 315.791 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.332 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.398 degrees. |