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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 Holmes City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holmes City 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 Holmes City:
- 45.833691, -95.541218
- 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 Holmes City
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Holmes City is near Pope County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Holmes City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holmes City ...
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.
- Elbow Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Farwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farwell is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Grove Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leaf Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
- Long Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Miltona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Rose City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Spruce Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce Center is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Center
- Starbuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Terrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
How Far From Holmes City 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 Holmes City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Holmes City and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Holmes City to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Holmes City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Holmes City 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 Holmes City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8337, Longitude: -95.5412 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.926 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.13 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.68 degrees. |
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