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Communities Also Named Holiday ...

We found six communities that share the name Holiday.

Within Ontario, the name Holiday is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Orange 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 California community of Holiday [Orange County].
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Holiday is located in Pasco County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Holiday.
    • Illinois
      • Fayette 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 Illinois community of Holiday [Fayette County].
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Holiday [DeKalb County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Holiday [Tioga County].
    • Texas
      • Denton 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 Texas community of Holiday [Denton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday ...

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.

  • Cobble Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Codys Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dicksons Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicksons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksons Corners
  • Evelyn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Friendly Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Huntingford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingford
  • Maplewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Oliver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Perrys Lane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Lane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Lane
  • Plover Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plover Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover Mills
  • Salmonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Three Bridges
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tollgate
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tollgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Willow Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

How Far From Holiday to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Holiday to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 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 . 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holiday) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holiday. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1275, Longitude: -80.9783    
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 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 310.049 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.538 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.879 degrees.




 

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