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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.

  • 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 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Holly Forest
  • 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 Forest ...

We found one communities that share the name 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
    • Cedar Shores is located in Sussex County
  • Clarksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Sussex County
  • Club House Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Club House Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club House Landing
    • Club House Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Foxfire Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxfire Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire Meadow
    • Foxfire Meadow is located in Sussex County
  • Gulls Nest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulls Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulls Nest
    • Gulls Nest is located in Sussex County
  • Helms Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helms Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
    • Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Holly Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
    • Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County
  • Indian Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
    • Indian Cove is located in Sussex County
  • Irons Lane Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irons Lane Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
    • Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Israel Haul
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Israel Haul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
    • Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
  • Land of Pleasant Living
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land of Pleasant Living have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pleasant Living
    • Land of Pleasant Living is located in Sussex County
  • Magnolia Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Shores
    • Magnolia Shores is located in Sussex County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Middlesex Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlesex Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Beach
      • Middlesex Beach is located in Sussex County
    • Mulberry Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Landing
      • Mulberry Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Ocean View
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
      • Ocean View is located in Sussex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,245 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean View <3>
    • Piney Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
      • Piney Point is located in Sussex County
    • Rogers Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Haven
      • Rogers Haven is located in Sussex County
    • Sandy Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
      • Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Sassafras Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sassafras Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Landing
      • Sassafras Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Seabreak
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seabreak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreak
      • Seabreak is located in Sussex County
    • Strawberry Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
      • Strawberry Landing is located in Sussex County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Holly Forest and extending to:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Forest to Georgetown, with an average speed<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holly Forest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sussex County: www.sussexcounty.net/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Holly Forest) to Point B.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).
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.805 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.15 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.068 degrees.




 

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