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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 Kirkville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirkville 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 Kirkville:
    • 30.995457, -90.478429
    • 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 Kirkville
  • 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 Tangipahoa Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
    • Since Kirkville is near Pike County and also Amite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Kirkville

Communities Also Named Kirkville ...

We found eight communities that are also named Kirkville.

Within Louisiana, the name Kirkville is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sutter County
      • This Kirkville is located in Sutter County and lies 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Kirkville.
    • Indiana
      • Gibson 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 Indiana community of Kirkville [Gibson County].
    • Iowa
      • Wapello County
      • This Kirkville is located in Wapello County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the north of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Kirkville.
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis County
      • This Kirkville is located in Lewis County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Kirkville.
    • Mississippi
      • Itawamba County
      • This Kirkville is located in Itawamba County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Kirkville.
      • Pike County
      • This Kirkville is located in Pike County and lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kirkville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Kirkville is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kirkville that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Kirkville.
    • Ontario
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kirkville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkville ...

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.

  • Day
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Day is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
  • Emerald
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerald is located in Pike County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Gillsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
  • Greenlaw
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenlaw is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Kentwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Magnolia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mitchell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Porters Curve
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Porters Curve is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Curve
  • Progress
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Progress is located in Pike County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Creek is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Sunny Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
  • Terrys Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Terrys Creek is located in Amite County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Creek

How Far From Kirkville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kirkville 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 community of Kirkville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkville and extending to:

  • Amite City, which is the Seat of Tangipahoa Parish, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kirkville to Amite City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 934 miles [1,503.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,536 miles [12,128 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,413 miles [8,711.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kirkville) 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 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 Kirkville 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>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 Kirkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Kirkville 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 Kirkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9955, Longitude: -90.4784       In this case, the coordinates for Kirkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.687 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.277 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.222 degrees.