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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 Holly Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Creek 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 Holly Creek:
    • 33.982682, -94.817957
    • 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 Holly Creek
  • 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 Holly Creek ...

We found four communities that share the name Holly Creek.

Within Oklahoma, the name Holly Creek is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Murray 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 Georgia community of Holly Creek [Murray County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Holly Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the east of the Holly Creek that is located in McCurtain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Holly Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Wayne County
      • This Holly Creek is located in Wayne County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Holly Creek that is located in McCurtain County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Holly Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Dickenson 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 Virginia community of Holly Creek [Dickenson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Creek ...

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.

  • Broken Bow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Crossroads is located in McCurtain County
  • Glover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Glover is located in McCurtain County
  • Golden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hill Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Chapel
    • Hill Chapel is located in McCurtain County
  • Idabel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
    • Idabel is located in McCurtain County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <3>
  • Iron Stob Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Stob Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Stob Corner
    • Iron Stob Corner is located in McCurtain County
  • North Pole
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pole
    • North Pole is located in McCurtain County
  • Steel Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steel Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Junction
    • Steel Junction is located in McCurtain County

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

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

  • Idabel, which is the Seat of McCurtain County, lies just to the South.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Holly Creek to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,579 miles [12,197.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,457 miles [8,782.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

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 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 Holly Creek 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9827, Longitude: -94.8180    
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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.
<6>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 Holly Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.768 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.265 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.621 degrees.




 

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