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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 Garnett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garnett 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 Garnett:
    • 31.462678, -92.467639
    • 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 Garnett
  • 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 Garnett 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 Garnett

Communities Also Named Garnett ...

We found seven communities that are also named Garnett.

Within Louisiana, the name Garnett is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Garnett is located in Lincoln County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Garnett that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Garnett.
    • Colorado
      • Costilla 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 Colorado community of Garnett [Costilla County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This Garnett is located in Anderson County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Garnett that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Garnett.
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • This Garnett is located in Harrison County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Garnett that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Garnett.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa County
      • This Garnett is located in Tulsa County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Garnett that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Garnett.
    • South Carolina
      • Hampton County
      • This Garnett is located in Hampton County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the east of the Garnett that is located in Grant Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Garnett.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover 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 Garnett [Hanover County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garnett ...

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.

  • Bagdad
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bagdad is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Ball
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Farmland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmland is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmland
  • Fishville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Kingsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Lee Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
  • Magnolia Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Park is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Paradise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Pollock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Prospect
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Prospect is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rock Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rock Hill is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Stay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Stay is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
  • Timber Trails
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Timber Trails is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Garnett once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Garnett 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 Garnett to Colfax, with an average speed<5> 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 104 miles [167.4 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 1,008 miles [1,622.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Garnett) 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 Garnett 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>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 Garnett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Garnett 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 Garnett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4627, Longitude: -92.4676       In this case, the coordinates for Garnett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.972 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.839 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.959 degrees.