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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 New Holland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Holland 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 New Holland:
- 35.443502, -76.169635
- 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 New Holland
- 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 Hyde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde County
- Since New Holland is near Tyrrell County and also Beaufort County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyrrell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort 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 New Holland
Communities Also Named New Holland ...
We found eight communities that are also named New Holland.
Within North Carolina, the name New Holland is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This New Holland is located in Hall County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of New Holland.
- Illinois
- Logan County
- This New Holland is located in Logan County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of New Holland.
- Indiana
- Wabash 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 Indiana community of New Holland [Wabash County].
- Michigan
- Ottawa County
- This New Holland is located in Ottawa County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of New Holland.
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This New Holland is located in Fayette County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of New Holland.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This New Holland is located in Lancaster County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the north of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of New Holland.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This New Holland is located in Aiken County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west southwest of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of New Holland.
- South Dakota
- Douglas County
- This New Holland is located in Douglas County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Holland that is located in Hyde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of New Holland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Holland ...
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.
- Gum Neck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gum Neck is located in Tyrrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Neck
- Lake Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Last Chance
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Last Chance is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebraska
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Oyster Creek Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Bay is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bay
- Sladesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Swan Quarter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From New Holland 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 New Holland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Holland and extending to:
- Swan Quarter, which is the Seat of Hyde County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Holland to Swan Quarter, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,692 miles [10,769.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Holland) 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 New Holland 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. |
| <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 New Holland 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 New Holland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4435, Longitude: -76.1696 In this case, the coordinates for New Holland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.575 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.554 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.652 degrees. |
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