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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 Holder, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holder 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 Holder:
- 28.965783, -82.418706
- 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 Holder
- 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 Citrus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Citrus County
- Since Holder is near Marion County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Holder
Communities Also Named Holder ...
We found four communities that are also named Holder.
Within Florida, the name Holder is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- McLean County
- This Holder is located in McLean County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holder that is located in Citrus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Holder.
- Mississippi
- Lafayette 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 Mississippi community of Holder [Lafayette County].
- Tennessee
- White 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 Tennessee community of Holder [White County].
- Texas
- Brown County
- This Holder is located in Brown County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holder that is located in Citrus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Holder.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holder ...
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.
- Big Hammock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Big Hammock is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hammock
- Black Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Citrus Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cutlers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cutlers is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers
- Hernando
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Paradise Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Point is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rainbow Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rainbow Falls is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Rocksprings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rocksprings is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
- Rolling Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Holder 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 Holder to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holder and extending to:
- Inverness, which is the Seat of Citrus County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holder to Inverness, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Holder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Holder 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Holder 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 Holder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9658, Longitude: -82.4187 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.882 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.427 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.666 degrees. |
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