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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 Hollister's Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollister's Mill 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 Hollister's Mill:
- 40.082326, -82.272308
- 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 Hollister's Mill
- 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 Licking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Since Hollister's Mill is near Franklin County and also Muskingum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskingum 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 Hollister's Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollister's Mill ...
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.
- Boston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Claypools ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claypools is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypools
- Cottage Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Fallsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fallsburg is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
- Lloyd Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Corners
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reform
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Fork is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Swans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Swans is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans
How Far From Hollister's Mill 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 Hollister's Mill 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<1> community of Hollister's Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hollister's Mill and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Licking County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Hollister's Mill to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 290 miles [466.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Hollister's Mill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hollister's Mill) 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 Hollister's Mill 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 Hollister's Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0823, Longitude: -82.2723 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.013 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.58 degrees. |
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