Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pineville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pineville
- 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 Pineville:
- 31.327052, -92.429881
- 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 Pineville
- 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 Pineville 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 Pineville ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Pineville.
Within Louisiana, the name Pineville is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Pineville [Harrison County].
- Smith County
- This Pineville is located in Smith County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pineville.
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Pineville lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Pineville is located in Bucks County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pineville.
- Warren County
- This Pineville is located in Warren County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km] to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pineville.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- This Pineville is located in Hamblen County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Pineville.
- Hamilton County
- This Pineville is located in Hamilton County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pineville.
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- This Pineville is located in Rockingham County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Pineville.
- Suffolk City
- This Pineville is located in Suffolk City and lies 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east northeast of the Pineville that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Pineville.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineville ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
- Graham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Green Gables
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Green Gables is located in Rapides Parish
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Kingsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
- Lee Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
- Paradise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Samtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Shady Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
- Shady Oaks is located in Rapides Parish
- Timber Trails
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Timber Trails is located in Rapides Parish
- Willow Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Willow Glen is located in Rapides Parish
How Far From Pineville 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 city such as Pineville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pineville and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies just to the Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pineville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>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 1,012 miles [1,628.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Pineville: www.pineville.net/
The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pineville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pineville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3271, Longitude: -92.4299 |
| <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 Pineville 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> | 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. |
| <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 Pineville 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 316.933 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.774 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.962 degrees. |