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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 Hovley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hovley 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 Hovley:
- 33.002544, -115.521655
- 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 Hovley
- 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 Imperial County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Imperial 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 Hovley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hovley ...
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.
- Butlers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Butlers is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
- Citrus View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Citrus View is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
- Fuller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Imperial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mayflower ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Perrys Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Rockwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Shamrock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shamrock is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Hovley 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 Hovley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hovley and extending to:
- El Centro, which is the Seat of Imperial County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hovley to El Centro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,334 miles [13,412.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hovley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hovley 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 Hovley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0025, Longitude: -115.5217 In this case, the coordinates for Hovley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.846 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.154 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.068 degrees. |
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