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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 Holiday Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Estates 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 Holiday Estates:
- 39.967618, -74.155973
- 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 Holiday Estates
- 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Since Holiday Estates is near Monmouth County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Holiday Estates
Communities Also Named Holiday Estates ...
We found three communities that are also named Holiday Estates.
Within New Jersey, the name Holiday Estates is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Holiday Estates is located in Sussex County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Holiday Estates that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Holiday Estates.
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Holiday Estates is located in Clarke County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holiday Estates that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Holiday Estates.
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This Holiday Estates is located in Erie County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holiday Estates that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Holiday Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Estates ...
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.
- Anchorage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Anchorage is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camelot is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cedar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Evergreen Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Green Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Holiday City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Island Beach Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maple Shade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Shade is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
- Pine Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Terrace is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Pleasant Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- River Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- River Bank is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bank
- Silver Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Bay is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bay
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Silver Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Snug Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Suburban Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Suburban Park is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Park
- Toms River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
How Far From Holiday Estates 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 Holiday Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Estates and extending to:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Estates to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,730 miles [9,221.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,311 miles [6,937.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Holiday Estates) 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 Holiday Estates 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 Holiday Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9676, Longitude: -74.1560 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.108 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.059 degrees. |
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