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Communities Also Named Holland Landing ...

We found one communities that share the name Holland Landing.

Within Ontario, the name Holland Landing is unique.

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Holland Landing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Sharkey County
      • This Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharkey County community of Holland Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holland Landing ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <3>
  • Cookstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • King City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lemonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Musselman's Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Orchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasantville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Queenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenville
  • Zephyr
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Holland Landing 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 Holland Landing to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Holland Landing to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,773 miles [9,290.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Holland Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holland Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1048, Longitude: -79.4928    
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Holland Landing 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 309.017 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.526 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.757 degrees.









 

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