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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 Holloway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holloway 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 Holloway:
    • 34.890363, -87.538636
    • 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 Holloway
  • 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since Holloway is near Colbert County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Holloway

Communities Also Named Holloway ...

We found nine communities that are also named Holloway.

Within Alabama, the name Holloway is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Holloway is located in Rapides Parish and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holloway that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Holloway.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Holloway is located in Lenawee County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holloway that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Holloway.
    • Minnesota
      • Swift County
      • This Holloway is located in Swift County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holloway that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swift County community of Holloway.
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica 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 Holloway [Tunica County].
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Holloway.
    • North Carolina
      • Durham 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 North Carolina community of Holloway [Durham County].
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Holloway is located in Belmont County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holloway that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Holloway.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This Holloway is located in Wilson County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holloway that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Holloway.
    • Utah
      • Juab 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 Utah community of Holloway [Juab County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holloway ...

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.

  • Atlas ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
  • Emerald Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald Shores is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Shores
  • Falconhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Falconhead is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconhead
  • Hideaway Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hideaway Hills is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
  • Kingman ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingman is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
  • Lake Coves
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Coves is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Coves
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lakeview Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lock Six
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lock Six is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Six
  • Lockland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockland is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockland
  • Sky Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sky Park is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Park

How Far From Holloway 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 Holloway to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holloway and extending to:

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holloway to Florence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Holloway) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Holloway 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 county. 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 Holloway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Holloway 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 Holloway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8904, Longitude: -87.5386       In this case, the coordinates for Holloway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.205 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.087 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.303 degrees.