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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 Hollandsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollandsville 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 Hollandsville:
    • 38.985391, -75.666039
    • 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 Hollandsville
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Hollandsville is near Caroline County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Hollandsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollandsville ...

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.

  • Chimney Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chimney Hill is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
  • Choptank Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Choptank Mills is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Mills
  • Choptank Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Choptank Pines is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Pines
  • Choptank Ponds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Choptank Ponds is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Ponds
  • Edwardsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edwardsville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Greens Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Greens Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Hidden Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Pond is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Pond
  • Hughes Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hughes Crossroads is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossroads
  • Lords Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lords Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corner
  • Melvin Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Melvin Crossroads is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Crossroads
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Plymouth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Plymouth is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Sandtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandtown is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Union Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
    • Viola Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Viola Woods is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Woods
    • Willow Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Willow Grove is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hollandsville and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hollandsville to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hollandsville) 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 Hollandsville 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 Hollandsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9854, Longitude: -75.6660       In this case, the coordinates for Hollandsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.079 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.531 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.106 degrees.