|
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.
- 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owen County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Holbrook
Communities Also Named Holbrook ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Holbrook.
Within Kentucky, the name Holbrook is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of nineteen communities that are located 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
- Navajo County
- This Holbrook is located in Navajo County and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the west of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Holbrook.
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Holbrook is located in Cherokee County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the south of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Holbrook.
- Idaho
- Oneida County
- This Holbrook is located in Oneida County and lies 1,483 miles [2,386.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Holbrook.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Holbrook is located in Cook County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Holbrook.
- Iowa
- Iowa County
- This Holbrook is located in Iowa County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iowa County community of Holbrook.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Holbrook is located in Baltimore County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the east of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Holbrook.
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- This Holbrook is located in Norfolk County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Holbrook.
- Michigan
- Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Holbrook [Sanilac County].
- Nebraska
- Furnas County
- This Holbrook is located in Furnas County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Holbrook.
- Nevada
- Douglas 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 Nevada community of Holbrook [Douglas County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Holbrook is located in Suffolk County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Holbrook.
- 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
- Multnomah County
- This Holbrook is located in Multnomah County and lies 1,993 miles [3,207.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Holbrook.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Holbrook is located in Greene County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Holbrook.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Holbrook is located in Davis County and lies 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holbrook that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Holbrook.
- 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)
- Eagle Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Hill is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Holiday Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holiday Ford is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Ford
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Long Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Long Ridge is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Mason
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Sweet Owen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Owen is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Owen
How Far From Holbrook 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Holbrook) 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 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> | 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 Holbrook 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.559 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.717 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.144 degrees. |
|
|