Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Highview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highview and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Highview
- 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 Highview:
- 42.471916, -93.904114
- 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 Highview
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Highview is near Webster County and also Wright County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Webster County
- eBird sighting report for Wright 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Highview ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Highview.
Within Iowa, the name Highview is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Highview is located in Jefferson County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Highview that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Highview.
- Ohio County
- This Highview is located in Ohio County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km] to the southeast of the Highview that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Highview.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Highview is located in Frederick County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east of the Highview that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Highview.
- Montgomery County
- This Highview is located in Montgomery County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the east of the Highview that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Highview.
- Missouri
- Montana
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highview ...
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.
- Badger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Badger is located in Webster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Badger <5>
- Brushy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Coalville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Eagle Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Eagle Grove is located in Wright County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,367 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Grove <5>
- Florence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Judd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Shady Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Thor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
- Thor is located in Humboldt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thor <5>
- Woolstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolstock
- Woolstock is located in Wright County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
How Far From Highview 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 community such as Highview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highview and extending to:
- Webster City, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the East.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Highview to Des Moines, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4719, Longitude: -93.9041 In this case, the coordinates for Highview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Highview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Highview 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Highview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.71 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.30 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.604 degrees. |