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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 Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Station 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 Station:
- 38.644285, -76.899138
- 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 Station
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
- Since Holly Station is near Prince George's County and also Fairfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Station ...
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.
- Bannister
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bannister is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
- Beantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beantown is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- Berry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berry is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Bolton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Constitution Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Constitution Hills is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution Hills
- Danville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Deerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deerwood is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Delight
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Delight is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fox Run is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Holly Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holly Hill is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lynnbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lynnbrook is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Pleasant Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Springs is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Springs
- Sharperville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharperville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharperville
- Springhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springhaven is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
How Far From Holly Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Holly Station and extending to:
- La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Holly Station to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 18 miles [29 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Station 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 Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6443, Longitude: -76.8991 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.824 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.326 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.754 degrees. |
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