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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 Kile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kile 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 Kile:
- 31.405732, -93.147387
- 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 Kile
- 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 Natchitoches Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches Parish
- Since Kile is near Vernon Parish and also Sabine Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine 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 Kile
Communities Also Named Kile ...
We found two communities that are also named Kile.
Within Louisiana, the name Kile is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kile [Madison County].
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kile [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kile ...
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.
- Comrade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Comrade is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comrade
- Cypress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Everett ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Everett is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Fisherville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fisherville is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Flora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Henryville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henryville is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Hornbeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Janie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Janie is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Lotus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lotus is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mayo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Mink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mink is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Dirt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Dirt is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Dirt
- Temple
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Vowells Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
- Walnut Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Kile 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 Kile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kile and extending to:
- Natchitoches, which is the Seat of Natchitoches Parish, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Kile to Natchitoches, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,634 miles [12,285.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kile 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kile 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 Kile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4057, Longitude: -93.1474 In this case, the coordinates for Kile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.394 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.324 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.248 degrees. |
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