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Communities Also Named Holyoke ...

We found five communities that share the name Holyoke.

Within Alberta, the name Holyoke is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Phillips County
      • This Holyoke is located in Phillips County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Holyoke.
    • Kansas
      • Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Holyoke [Ellsworth County].
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Holyoke [Franklin County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Holyoke is located in Hampden County and lies 1,901 miles [3,059.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Holyoke.
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • This Holyoke is located in Carlton County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlton County community of Holyoke.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holyoke ...

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.

  • Beaver Crossing
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Crossing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
  • Beaver River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
  • Beaverdam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdam came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Big Meadow
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
  • Elk Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Flat Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lake
  • Frog Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Lake
  • Gurneyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gurneyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneyville
  • Hoselaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoselaw came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoselaw
  • Pelican Narrows
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican Narrows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Narrows
  • Riverview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

How Far From Holyoke 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 Holyoke to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holyoke and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Holyoke to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,995 miles [8,038.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holyoke. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holyoke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holyoke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.1247, Longitude: -110.5914    
<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 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 Holyoke 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 . 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Holyoke 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 331.475 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.156 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.10 degrees.




 

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