Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kents Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kents Store and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kents Store
- 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 Kents Store:
- 30.879347, -90.925935
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Kents Store
- 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 East Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
- Since Kents Store is near Saint Helena Parish and also Amite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Helena Parish
- eBird sighting report for Amite County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kents Store ...
We found one communities that share the name Kents Store.
Within Louisiana, the name Kents Store is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Kents Store in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fluvanna County
- This Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kents Store that is located in East Feliciana Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Kents Store.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kents Store ...
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.
- Battle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Bluff Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bluff Creek is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Ethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Ethel is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ethel <3>
- Felixville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felixville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
- Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Grays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hatchersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchersville
- Hatchersville is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Olive Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Pride
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Pride is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pride <3>
- Sunbeam ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Teddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kents Store 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 Kents Store 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 Kents Store once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kents Store and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of East Feliciana Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Kents Store to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 960 miles [1,545 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,851 miles [11,025.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,562 miles [12,169.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,438 miles [8,751.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kents Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kents Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8793, Longitude: -90.9259 In this case, the coordinates for Kents Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Kents Store, 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 Kents Store to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.948 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.566 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.417 degrees. |