Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Gilark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilark and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Gilark

• 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 Gilark:
  • 32.638760, -93.309614
  • 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 Gilark

• 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 Webster Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
  • Since Gilark is near Claiborne Parish and also Bossier Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier 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 Gilark

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilark ...

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.

• Couchwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Couchwood is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couchwood
• Dixie Inn
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
• Goodwill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodwill is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
• Grim
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grim is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grim
• Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grove is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
• Holly Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Springs is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
• Leslie
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Leslie is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
• Long Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Springs is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Springs
• Nine Forks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Nine Forks is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Forks
• Placid ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Placid is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gilark and extending to:

• Minden, which is the Seat of Webster Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Gilark to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,006 miles [1,619 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,582 miles [12,202 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,458 miles [8,783.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'