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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 Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Grove:
    • 31.927938, -91.703459
    • 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 Grove
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Franklin Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin Parish
    • Since Holly Grove is near Catahoula Parish and also Tensas Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catahoula Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
  • 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 Grove

Communities Also Named Holly Grove ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Holly Grove.

Within Louisiana, the name Holly Grove is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Walker County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Holly Grove.
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Monroe County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the north of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Holly Grove.
      • Polk County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Polk County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the northwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Holly Grove.
    • Maryland
      • Worcester County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Worcester County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Holly Grove.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Carroll County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Holly Grove.
    • North Carolina
      • Bertie 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 North Carolina community of Holly Grove [Bertie County].
      • Davidson County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Davidson County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Holly Grove.
      • Gates County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Gates County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gates County community of Holly Grove.
    • Tennessee
      • Haywood County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Haywood County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Holly Grove.
      • Marshall County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Marshall County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Holly Grove.
      • Tipton County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Tipton County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the north northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Holly Grove.
    • Texas
      • Polk County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Polk County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Holly Grove.
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Louisa County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Holly Grove.
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur County
      • This Holly Grove is located in Upshur County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Franklin Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Holly Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Grove ...

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.

  • Anchor Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Anchor Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Landing
  • Big A Plenty Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Big A Plenty Landing is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big A Plenty Landing
  • Craig Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Craig Landing is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Landing
  • Crescent Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Landing
  • Cut Off Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cut Off Landing is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut Off Landing
  • Elam
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elam is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
  • Extension
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Extension is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
  • Gilbert
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hedgeland Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hedgeland Landing is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeland Landing
  • Jigger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jones Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Landing is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Landing
  • Kirks Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirks Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Landing
  • Peck
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Peck is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck

How Far From Holly Grove 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 Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Grove and extending to:

  • Winnsboro, which is the Seat of Franklin Parish, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Grove to Winnsboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,547 miles [12,145.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,423 miles [8,727.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Holly Grove) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grove 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 parish. 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 Holly Grove 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 Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9279, Longitude: -91.7035       In this case, the coordinates for Holly Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.545 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.402 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.577 degrees.