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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 Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Spring 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 Spring:
- 34.234818, -84.738269
- 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 Spring
- 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Since Holly Spring is near Cherokee County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Spring
Communities Also Named Holly Spring ...
We found two communities that are also named Holly Spring.
Within Georgia, the name Holly Spring is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Holly Spring [Prince George's County].
- North Carolina
- Yadkin County
- This Holly Spring is located in Yadkin County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Holly Spring that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Holly Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Spring ...
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.
- Cartersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Double Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Five Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Grassdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grassdale is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
- Happy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hidden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Rodgers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Shallwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shallwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Holly Spring 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 Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Spring and extending to:
- Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Holly Spring to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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 Spring 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Holly Spring 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 Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2348, Longitude: -84.7383 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.007 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.308 degrees. |
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