Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Battle Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battle Hollow and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Battle Hollow

• 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 Battle Hollow:
  • 41.005898, -78.996701
  • 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 Battle Hollow

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Battle Hollow is near Lawrence County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Battle Hollow

Curious and Interesting Names Near Battle Hollow ...

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.

• Big Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Big Run is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
• Colon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Colon is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
• Coolspring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Coolspring is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolspring <1>
• Desire
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Desire is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desire
• Foxburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Foxburg is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
• Frostburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
• Fuller
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fuller is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
• Green Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
• Harmony
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Panic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Panic is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
• Robertsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Robertsville is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville

How Far From Battle Hollow 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 Battle Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Battle Hollow and extending to:

• Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Battle Hollow to Brookville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'