Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Holly Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holly Hills
- 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 Holly Hills:
- 30.782966, -87.779714
- 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 Holly Hills
- 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Since Holly Hills is near Mobile County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 Holly Hills ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Holly Hills.
Within Alabama, the name Holly Hills is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Holly Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Holly Hills.
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Holly Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Holly Hills.
- Laurens County
- This Holly Hills is located in Laurens County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Holly Hills.
- Muscogee County
- This Holly Hills is located in Muscogee County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Holly Hills.
- Indiana
- Vigo 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 Indiana community of Holly Hills [Vigo County].
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Holly Hills is located in DeSoto County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Holly Hills.
- Lowndes County
- This Holly Hills is located in Lowndes County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the north of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Holly Hills.
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- This Holly Hills is located in Craven County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Holly Hills.
- Lee County
- This Holly Hills is located in Lee County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Holly Hills.
- Mecklenburg County
- This Holly Hills is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Holly Hills.
- Rockingham County
- This Holly Hills is located in Rockingham County and lies 604 miles [972 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Holly Hills.
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- This Holly Hills is located in Greene County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Holly Hills.
- Hamblen County
- This Holly Hills is located in Hamblen County and lies 453 miles [729 km] to the north northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Holly Hills.
- Virginia
- Powhatan County
- This Holly Hills is located in Powhatan County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powhatan County community of Holly Hills.
- York County
- This Holly Hills is located in York County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hills that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Holly Hills.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Hills ...
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.
- Buzbee Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzbee Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzbee Landing
- Buzbee Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Carpenter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Baldwin County
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Live Oak Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Live Oak Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
- Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Lower Hall Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Hall Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
- Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Military Bridge Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Military Bridge Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Bridge Landing
- Military Bridge Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Steam Mill Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steam Mill Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill Landing
- Steam Mill Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Steelwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Upper Hall Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Hall Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing
- Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Whitehouse Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
How Far From Holly Hills 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 Holly Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Hills and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Holly Hills to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,424 miles [11,947.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holly Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Baldwin County: www.co.baldwin.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7830, Longitude: -87.7797 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Hills 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 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 Holly Hills 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Holly Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.046 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.341 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.21 degrees. |