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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 Holmansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holmansville 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 Holmansville:
    • 40.100948, -74.317925
    • 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 Holmansville
  • 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 Holmansville 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 Holmansville

Communities Also Named Holmansville ...

We found one communities that are also named Holmansville.

Within New Jersey, the name Holmansville is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Holmansville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Robertson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Holmansville [Robertson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holmansville ...

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.

  • Coventry Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
  • Francis Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Francis Mills is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mills
  • Georgia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Georgia is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
  • Harmony
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Lake Club
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Club is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Club
  • Land of Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Land of Pines is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pines
  • Leesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Leesville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Leisure Knoll
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
  • Maryland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maryland is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Pleasant Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Seven Stars
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Stars is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
  • Spruce Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spruce Gardens is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Gardens
  • Vista Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Holmansville and extending to:

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holmansville to Toms River, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holmansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Holmansville) 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 Holmansville 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 Holmansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1009, Longitude: -74.3179       In this case, the coordinates for Holmansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.19 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.70 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.069 degrees.