Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hollis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollis and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hollis
- 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 Hollis:
- 38.720359, -82.324873
- 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 Hollis
- 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 Gallia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gallia County
- Since Hollis is near Lawrence County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Mason 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hollis ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Hollis.
Within Ohio, the name Hollis is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Hollis lies 2,561 miles [4,121.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hollis that is located in Gallia County.
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollis ...
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.
- Angel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Boggs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Flag Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flag Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Spring
- Flag Spring is located in Gallia County
- Gage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Greasy Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greasy Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Ridge
- Greasy Ridge is located in Lawrence County
- Green Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Gallia County
- Hideaway Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hideaway Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
- Hideaway Acres is located in Gallia County
- Holiday Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Gallia County
- Leaper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Meadow Look
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Look have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Look
- Meadow Look is located in Gallia County
- Moody ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Patriot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriot
- Patriot is located in Gallia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patriot <5>
- Raccoon Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raccoon Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Island
- Raccoon Island is located in Gallia County
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Sand Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Patriot
How Far From Hollis 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 Hollis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Hollis once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hollis and extending to:
- Gallipolis, which is the Seat of Gallia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hollis to Gallipolis, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 284 miles [457.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,125 miles [9,857.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,717 miles [7,591.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gallia County: www.gallianet.net/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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- Hollis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hollis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7204, Longitude: -82.3249 In this case, the coordinates for Hollis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Hollis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hollis 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hollis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.078 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.043 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.046 degrees. |