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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 Hawleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawleyville 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 Hawleyville:
    • 40.776656, -94.936366
    • 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 Hawleyville
  • 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
    • Since Hawleyville is near Taylor County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Hawleyville

Communities Also Named Hawleyville ...

We found one communities that are also named Hawleyville.

Within Iowa, the name Hawleyville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Hawleyville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Hawleyville is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the east of the Hawleyville that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Hawleyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawleyville ...

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.

  • Bushville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bushville is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
  • Coin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Coin is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • College Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • College Springs is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Corning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dickieville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickieville
  • Gravity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gravity is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Hepburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hepburn is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
  • Merle Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
  • Page Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Page Center is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
  • Tenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Tenville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville

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

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

  • Clarinda, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Hawleyville to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,142 miles [8,275.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hawleyville) 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>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 Hawleyville 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 Hawleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7767, Longitude: -94.9364       In this case, the coordinates for Hawleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.366 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.834 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.508 degrees.