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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 Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Heights 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 Holiday Heights:
    • 39.945951, -74.254032
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Holiday Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Holiday Heights ...

We found three communities that share the name Holiday Heights.

Within New Jersey, the name Holiday Heights is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Monroe 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 Florida community of Holiday Heights [Monroe County].
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Holiday Heights is located in Hall County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Holiday Heights that is located in Ocean County.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Holiday Heights
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Holiday Heights.
    • Wisconsin
      • La Crosse County
      • This Holiday Heights is located in La Crosse County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Holiday Heights that is located in Ocean County.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Holiday Heights
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Crosse County community of Holiday Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Heights ...

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.

  • Camelot
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
    • Camelot lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Camelot
  • Cedar Crest
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
    • Cedar Crest lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Cedar Crest
  • Cedar Grove
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Cedar Grove
  • Crystal Lake
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Crystal Lake lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Crystal Lake
  • Double Trouble ‑ Historic
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
    • Double Trouble was located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Holiday Heights.
  • Island Beach Heights
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Beach Heights
    • Island Beach Heights lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Beach Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Island Beach Heights
  • Lacey
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southwest of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Lacey
  • Leisure Knoll
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
    • Leisure Knoll lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Leisure Knoll
  • Maple Shade
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
    • Maple Shade lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Maple Shade
  • Pleasant Plains
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Pleasant Plains lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Pleasant Plains
  • River Bank
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bank
    • River Bank lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on River Bank
  • Silver Ridge
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
    • Silver Ridge lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Silver Ridge
  • Suburban Park
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Park
    • Suburban Park lies less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suburban Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Suburban Park
  • Toms River
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
    • Toms River lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Holiday Heights.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toms River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Toms River

How Far From Holiday Heights 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 Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Heights and extending to:

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies just to the East.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Heights to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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 165 miles [265.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,316 miles [6,945.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holiday Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/

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 Holiday Heights 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holiday Heights) to Point B.If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Holiday Heights. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Holiday HeightsOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holiday Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9460, Longitude: -74.2540       In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Holiday Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.168 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.65 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.11 degrees.




 

 

 

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