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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:
    • 33.445673, -90.753428
    • 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Sunflower County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
    • Since Holly Ridge is near Washington County and also Bolivar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bolivar 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 Ridge

Communities Also Named Holly Ridge ...

We found nine communities that are also named Holly Ridge.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Holly Ridge.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Holly Ridge [Washington County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Holly Ridge.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Holly Ridge.
      • Richland Parish
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish and lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the southwest of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south southwest of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Holly Ridge.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Holly Ridge is located in Onslow County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<2> to the east of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • 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 595 miles [957.6 km]<2> to the east of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • 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 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • 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 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Ridge that is located in Sunflower County.
      • 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.

  • Bourbon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bourbon is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
  • Choctaw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabeth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Elizabeth is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Heads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Heads is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads
  • Heard Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Heard Ferry is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
  • Heathman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heathman is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
  • Helm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Helm is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
  • Hollyknowe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollyknowe is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyknowe
  • Long
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Long is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
  • Pollock ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pollock is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
  • Randolph ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Randolph is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph

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:

  • Indianola, which is the Seat of Sunflower County, lies just to the East.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Holly Ridge to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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.
<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- Holly Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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: 33.4457, Longitude: -90.7534       In this case, the coordinates for Holly Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.099 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.085 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.937 degrees.