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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 Inglewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inglewood 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 Inglewood:
    • 31.229907, -92.421247
    • 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 Inglewood
  • 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 Rapides Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
    • Since Inglewood is near Avoyelles Parish and also Grant Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Inglewood

Communities Also Named Inglewood ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Inglewood.

Within Louisiana, the name Inglewood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Inglewood is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Inglewood.
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Inglewood is located in Bulloch County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the east of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Inglewood.
      • Dodge 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 Georgia community of Inglewood [Dodge County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the north of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Inglewood.
    • Nebraska
      • Dodge County
      • This Inglewood is located in Dodge County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Inglewood.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Inglewood lies 1,736 miles [2,793.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
    • Ontario
      • This Inglewood lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Inglewood is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Inglewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Inglewood is located in Davidson County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Inglewood.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Inglewood is located in Rockingham County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Inglewood.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Inglewood is located in King County and lies 1,925 miles [3,098 km]<1> to the northwest of the Inglewood that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Inglewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Inglewood ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Chambers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chambers is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Cloverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Graham ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Graham is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Kent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kent is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Kingsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Lee Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
  • Poland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Samtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Samtown is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samtown
  • Shady Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Stonewalls ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Stonewalls is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewalls
  • Willow Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Willow Glen is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen

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

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

  • Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Inglewood to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,015 miles [1,633.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,611 miles [12,248.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,486 miles [8,828.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Inglewood) 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 Inglewood 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 Inglewood 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 Inglewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2299, Longitude: -92.4212       In this case, the coordinates for Inglewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.916 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.742 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.972 degrees.