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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 Hollingsworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollingsworth 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 Hollingsworth:
    • 33.825102, -85.697741
    • 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 Hollingsworth
  • 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Hollingsworth is near Cleburne County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Hollingsworth

Communities Also Named Hollingsworth ...

We found three communities that are also named Hollingsworth.

Within Alabama, the name Hollingsworth is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Banks County
      • This Hollingsworth is located in Banks County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hollingsworth that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banks County community of Hollingsworth.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Hollingsworth is located in Red River Parish and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hollingsworth that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Hollingsworth.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville 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 South Carolina community of Hollingsworth [Greenville County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollingsworth ...

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.

  • Bonny Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonny Brook is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Brook
  • Burns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Burns is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Couch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Couch is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
  • Four Mile
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Mile is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Jenkins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jenkins is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Maxwellborn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maxwellborn is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwellborn
  • Possum Trot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Possum Trot is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
  • Prices
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Prices is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices
  • Rabbittown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rabbittown is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbittown

How Far From Hollingsworth 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 Hollingsworth to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hollingsworth to Anniston, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hollingsworth) 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 Hollingsworth 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>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.
<4>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 Hollingsworth 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 Hollingsworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8251, Longitude: -85.6977       In this case, the coordinates for Hollingsworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.032 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.586 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.787 degrees.