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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:
    • 40.162127, -81.131276
    • 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
    • Since Holloway is near Harrison County and also Guernsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey 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 Holloway

Communities Also Named Holloway ...

We found nine communities that are also named Holloway.

Within Ohio, the name Holloway is unique.

Beyond Ohio, 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 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holloway that is located in Belmont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Holloway.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Holloway is located in Rapides Parish and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holloway that is located in Belmont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Holloway.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Holloway is located in Lenawee County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holloway that is located in Belmont County.
      • 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 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holloway that is located in Belmont County.
      • 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 county.
      • 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].
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This Holloway is located in Wilson County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holloway that is located in Belmont County.
      • 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.

  • Cabinet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cabinet is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
  • Donnersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Donnersville is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnersville
  • Egypt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Egypt is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Flushing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Freeport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Loghaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Loghaven is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghaven
  • Londonderry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Oakgrove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Oakgrove is located in Guernsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
  • Rock Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Uniontown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Uniontown is located in Belmont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

How Far From Holloway 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 village 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:

  • Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holloway to Saint Clairsville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 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 drawn 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 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>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: 40.1621, Longitude: -81.1313       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 310.301 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.373 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.036 degrees.