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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 Holly Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Forest 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 Holly Forest:
- 38.539001, -75.134629
- 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 Holly Forest
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Holly Forest is near Worcester County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Holly Forest
Communities Also Named Holly Forest ...
We found one communities that are also named Holly Forest.
Within Delaware, the name Holly Forest is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Holly Forest in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Holly Forest [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Forest ...
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.
- Cedar Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shores is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
- Clarksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Club House Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Club House Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club House Landing
- Foxfire Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foxfire Meadow is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire Meadow
- Gulls Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gulls Nest is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulls Nest
- Helms Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
- Holly Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Indian Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Cove is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Irons Lane Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
- Israel Haul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
- Land of Pleasant Living
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Magnolia Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Shores is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Shores
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Middlesex Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middlesex Beach is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Beach
- Mulberry Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Landing
- Ocean View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Piney Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Point is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
- Rogers Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Haven is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Haven
- Sandy Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
- Sassafras Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Landing
- Seabreak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seabreak is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreak
- Strawberry Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
How Far From Holly Forest 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 Holly Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Holly Forest and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Forest to Georgetown, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Holly Forest 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Holly Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Forest 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 Holly Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5390, Longitude: -75.1346 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.15 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.068 degrees. |
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