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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 Hinkle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinkle 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 Hinkle:
    • 32.532096, -93.718234
    • 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 Hinkle
  • 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Since Hinkle is near Caddo Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto 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 Hinkle

Communities Also Named Hinkle ...

We found five communities that are also named Hinkle.

Within Louisiana, the name Hinkle is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Hinkle is located in Johnson County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the north of the Hinkle that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hinkle.
    • Kentucky
      • Knox County
      • This Hinkle is located in Knox County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hinkle that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Hinkle.
    • Mississippi
      • Alcorn 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 Mississippi community of Hinkle [Alcorn County].
    • Oregon
      • Umatilla County
      • This Hinkle is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hinkle that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Hinkle.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Hinkle is located in Hardin County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hinkle that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hinkle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinkle ...

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.

  • Cash Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
  • Cash Point Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cash Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point Ferry
  • Cedar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cloverdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cynthia Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cynthia Park is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia Park
  • Dukedale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dukedale is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukedale
  • Forest Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Oak is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
  • Gas Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gas Center is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Center
  • Golden Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Good Roads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenacres Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Holly Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
    • Holly Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
    • Lakeview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Pecan Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecan Park is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
    • Red Chute
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • River Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • River Bend is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Swan Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
    • Willow Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

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

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hinkle to Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Hinkle) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hinkle 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 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.
<4>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 Hinkle 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 Hinkle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5321, Longitude: -93.7182       In this case, the coordinates for Hinkle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.891 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.053 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.339 degrees.