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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 Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Ridge 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 Ridge:
    • 32.580150, -93.615454
    • 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 Ridge
  • 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Since Holly Ridge is near Caddo Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Ridge

Communities Also Named Holly Ridge ...

We found nine communities that are also named Holly Ridge.

There are two communities within Louisiana that are also named Holly Ridge.

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

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Richland Parish
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland Parish community of Holly Ridge.
    • Tensas Parish
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Tensas Parish and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Holly Ridge.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Holly Ridge.
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Sunflower County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Holly Ridge.
      • Washington 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 Mississippi community of Holly Ridge [Washington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Onslow County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Holly Ridge.
    • South Carolina
      • Colleton County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Colleton County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the east of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Holly Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Hanover County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Holly Ridge.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Roanoke County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Holly Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Ridge ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Greenacres Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
  • Happy Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Happy Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Meadows
  • Merrywoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrywoods is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywoods
  • Mimosa Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mimosa Gardens is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Gardens
  • Red Chute
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
  • Shady Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Park is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Park
  • Swan Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Tall Timbers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
  • Wafer Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wafer Forest is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafer Forest

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

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Ridge to Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,024 miles [1,648 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Holly Ridge) 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 Holly Ridge 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 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 Holly Ridge 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 Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5802, Longitude: -93.6155       In this case, the coordinates for Holly Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.831 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.988 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.288 degrees.