Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Holbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holbrook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holbrook
- 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 Holbrook:
- 38.590623, -84.714113
- 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 Holbrook
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Holbrook is near Owen County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Owen County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Holbrook ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Holbrook.
Within Kentucky, the name Holbrook is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- This Holbrook is located in Cleveland County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Holbrook.
- Stanly County
- This Holbrook is located in Stanly County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the southeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Holbrook.
- Ontario
- This Holbrook lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Boone 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 West Virginia community of Holbrook [Boone County].
- Ritchie County
- This Holbrook is located in Ritchie County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the east of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Holbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holbrook ...
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.
- Dry Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge
- Dry Ridge is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Ridge <4>
- Eagle Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Eagle Hill is located in Owen County
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Grant County
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Holiday Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Ford
- Holiday Ford is located in Owen County
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jonesville is located in Grant County
- Long Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Long Ridge is located in Owen County
- Mason
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poplar Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Owen County
- Sweet Owen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sweet Owen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Owen
- Sweet Owen is located in Owen County
How Far From Holbrook 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 Holbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holbrook and extending to:
- Williamstown, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Holbrook to Frankfort, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holbrook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grant County: www.grantco.org/
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5906, Longitude: -84.7141 In this case, the coordinates for Holbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Holbrook 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Holbrook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.559 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.717 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.144 degrees. |