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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 Colville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colville 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 Colville:
- 36.258688, -94.194649
- 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 Colville
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Colville is near Washington County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Colville
Communities Also Named Colville ...
We found three communities that are also named Colville.
Within Arkansas, the name Colville is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Harrison County
- This Colville is located in Harrison County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Colville that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Colville.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Colville lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Colville that is located in Benton County.
- Washington
- Stevens County
- This Colville is located in Stevens County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Colville that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Colville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colville ...
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.
- Accident
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Accident is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accident
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cannon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Cave Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cave Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,737 people
- Cross Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Hollow is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hollow
- Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Elm Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Hart ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hart is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Healing Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Silent Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silent Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silent Grove
- Spring Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
How Far From Colville 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 Colville 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<3> community of Colville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Colville and extending to:
- Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the North.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Colville to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 954 miles [1,535.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,443 miles [11,978.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Colville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Colville, 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 Colville 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 Colville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2587, Longitude: -94.1946 In this case, the coordinates for Colville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.569 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.328 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.986 degrees. |
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