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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:
    • 31.390458, -92.229854
    • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Rapides Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
    • Since Holloway is near Grant Parish and also Avoyelles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
  • 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 Louisiana, the name Holloway is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Holloway is located in Lauderdale County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holloway that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Holloway.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Holloway is located in Lenawee County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holloway that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • 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 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the north of the Holloway that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • 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 parish.
      • 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 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holloway that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • 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 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holloway that is located in Rapides Parish.
      • 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.

  • Ball
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <4>
  • Bob
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bob is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob
  • Buckeye
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckeye is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Cedar Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Center Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fishville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Green Gables
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Gables is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
  • Kingsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Magnolia is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Paradise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Paradise is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Rogers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rogers is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Shady Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks

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:

  • Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holloway to Alexandria, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,595 miles [12,223 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,471 miles [8,804.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- 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 parish. 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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: 31.3905, Longitude: -92.2299       In this case, the coordinates for Holloway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.815 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.645 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.871 degrees.