Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kingsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kingsville
- 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 Kingsville:
- 31.362403, -92.411525
- 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 Kingsville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Since Kingsville is near Grant Parish and also Avoyelles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
- eBird sighting report for Avoyelles 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kingsville ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Kingsville.
Within Louisiana, the name Kingsville is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Randolph County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kingsville [Randolph County].
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Kingsville is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Kingsville.
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kingsville [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kingsville [Lincoln County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Kingsville is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Kingsville.
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Kingsville is located in Johnson County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the north of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Kingsville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Kingsville lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Kingsville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Kingsville.
- Montgomery County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kingsville [Montgomery County].
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Kingsville.
- Ontario
- This Kingsville lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This Kingsville is located in Clarion County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Kingsville.
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kingsville [Richland County].
- Texas
- Kleberg County
- This Kingsville is located in Kleberg County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kleberg County community of Kingsville.
- Virginia
- Prince Edward County
- This Kingsville is located in Prince Edward County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward County community of Kingsville.
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- This Kingsville is located in Randolph County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Kingsville.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsville ...
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.
- Ball
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Ball is located in Rapides Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <5>
- Green Gables
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Green Gables is located in Rapides Parish
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Lee Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
- Paradise
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Samtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Shady Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
- Shady Oaks is located in Rapides Parish
- Timber Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Timber Trails is located in Rapides Parish
How Far From Kingsville 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 Kingsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsville and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<6>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,010 miles [1,625.4 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kingsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kingsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3624, Longitude: -92.4115 In this case, the coordinates for Kingsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Kingsville 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Kingsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.925 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.77 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.95 degrees. |