Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hillview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillview and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hillview
- 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 Hillview:
- 46.680238, -95.257808
- 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 Hillview
- 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 Otter Tail County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Otter Tail County
- Since Hillview is near Becker County and also Wadena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Becker County
- eBird sighting report for Wadena 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 Hillview ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Hillview.
Within Minnesota, the name Hillview is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Hillview is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hillview.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Hillview is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the south southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hillview.
- California
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- This Hillview is located in Bullitt County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Hillview.
- Edmonson County
- This Hillview is located in Edmonson County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edmonson County community of Hillview.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Hillview lies 1,912 miles [3,077.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- Nova Scotia
- This Hillview lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the east of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- Ontario
- This Hillview lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Hillview is located in Aiken County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Hillview.
- Orangeburg County
- This Hillview is located in Orangeburg County and lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km] to the southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Hillview.
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Cabell County
- This Hillview is located in Cabell County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Hillview.
- Marion County
- This Hillview is located in Marion County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the east southeast of the Hillview that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hillview.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillview ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Wadena County
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Deer Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Becker County
- Huntersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Huntersville is located in Wadena County
- Nimrod
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Nimrod is located in Wadena County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nimrod <4>
- Park Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Rapids
- Park Rapids is located in Hubbard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,335 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park Rapids <4>
- Richdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Wolf Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Hillview 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 Hillview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillview and extending to:
- Fergus Falls, which is the Seat of Otter Tail County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hillview to Fergus Falls, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hillview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Otter Tail County: www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
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- Hillview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6802, Longitude: -95.2578 In this case, the coordinates for Hillview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hillview 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Hillview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.723 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.008 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.303 degrees. |