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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 Holletts Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holletts Corners and the surrounding area.
- 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 Holletts Corners:
- 39.289555, -75.732710
- 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 Holletts Corners
- 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 Holletts Corners is near New Castle County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Holletts Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holletts Corners ...
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.
- Blackbird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Bolton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Downs Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
- Everetts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Everetts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Corner
- Fords Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fords Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Forest Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Gate is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Gate
- Gardenside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gardenside is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Green Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Spring is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Green Spring Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Spring Farm is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Farm
- Long Point Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Point Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Landing
- Meadow Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Vista is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Peacock Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peacock Corners is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Corners
- Plantation Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plantation Crossing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Crossing
- Sassafras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Shorts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shorts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
- Sunnyside Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Twin Eagle Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Eagle Farms is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Eagle Farms
- Whigville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Wind Song Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wind Song Farms is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Song Farms
How Far From Holletts Corners 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 Holletts Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Holletts Corners and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holletts Corners 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 southeast (SE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,825 miles [9,374.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 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 from Point A (ie- Holletts Corners) 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 Holletts Corners 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 Holletts Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2896, Longitude: -75.7327 In this case, the coordinates for Holletts Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.094 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.596 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.011 degrees. |
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