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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 Holiday Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Manor 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 Holiday Manor:
- 28.159183, -81.686188
- 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 Holiday Manor
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Holiday Manor is near Osceola County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osceola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Holiday Manor
Communities Also Named Holiday Manor ...
We found one communities that are also named Holiday Manor.
Within Florida, the name Holiday Manor is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Holiday Manor in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- This Holiday Manor is located in Worcester County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holiday Manor that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Holiday Manor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Manor ...
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.
- ChampionsGate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
- Cypress Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jones Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lake Alfred
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Hammock Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Reunion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tranquility Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tranquility Park is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility Park
- Winter Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Holiday Manor 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 Holiday Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Manor and extending to:
- Bartow, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Manor to Bartow, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holiday Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Holiday Manor 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 Holiday Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1592, Longitude: -81.6862 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.438 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.602 degrees. |
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