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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 Grove Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill:
    • 31.961830, -93.560457
    • 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 Grove Hill
  • 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 De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
    • Since Grove Hill is near Red River Parish and also Natchitoches Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches 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 Grove Hill

Communities Also Named Grove Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Grove Hill.

Within Louisiana, the name Grove Hill is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Clarke County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the east of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Grove Hill.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the east of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Grove Hill.
    • Iowa
      • Bremer 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 Iowa community of Grove Hill [Bremer County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Grove Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,750 miles [2,816.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
    • North Carolina
      • Warren County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Warren County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Grove Hill.
    • Quebec
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Page County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in De Soto Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Grove Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grove Hill ...

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.

  • Butler ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Coker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Coker is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
  • Emmett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Emmett is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Eudora ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Eudora is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
  • Evelyn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Grand Bayou
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • Halcyon ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Halcyon is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
  • Harris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Harris is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Magnolia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Meadow Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Park is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
  • Mineral ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
  • Oxbow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pelican
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Porter Place
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Porter Place is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Place
    • Wildwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wildwood is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Glen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Glen is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen

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

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

  • Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grove Hill to Mansfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,625 miles [12,271.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,501 miles [8,853 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grove Hill) 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 Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9618, Longitude: -93.5605       In this case, the coordinates for Grove Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.783 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.348 degrees.