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 Holtville:
36.914501, -92.264049
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 Holtville
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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Holtville.
Within Missouri, the name Holtville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Holtville is located in Elmore County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Holtville that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Holtville.
California
Imperial County
This Holtville is located in Imperial County and lies 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km]<1> to the west of the Holtville that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Holtville.
New Brunswick
This Holtville lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holtville that is located in Douglas County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holtville ...
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.
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 Holtville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holtville and extending to:
Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Holtville to Ava, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,335 miles [11,804.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,215 miles [8,392.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holtville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Holtville 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 Holtville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9145, Longitude: -92.2640 In this case, the coordinates for Holtville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.339 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.987 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.973 degrees.