Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Holiday Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holiday Park
- 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 Holiday Park:
- 40.475623, -79.709212
- 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 Holiday Park
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Holiday Park is near Westmoreland County and also Armstrong County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Holiday Park ...
We found ten communities that share the name Holiday Park.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Holiday Park.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Dauphin County
- This Holiday Park is located in Dauphin County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the east of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Holiday Park.
- Dauphin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Holiday Park is located in Columbia County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Holiday Park.
- Muscogee County
- This Holiday Park is located in Muscogee County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km] to the south southwest of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Holiday Park.
- Louisiana
- Lafayette Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Holiday Park [Lafayette Parish].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Holiday Park.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Holiday Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the south of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Holiday Park.
- Mecklenburg County
- This Holiday Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Holiday Park.
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- This Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of Holiday Park.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This Holiday Park is located in Wood County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Holiday Park.
- Virginia
- Hampton City
- This Holiday Park is located in Hampton City and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the southeast of the Holiday Park that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Holiday Park.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Park ...
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.
- Camp Jo-Ann
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Jo-Ann have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Jo-Ann
- Camp Jo-Ann is located in Westmoreland County
- Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Leechburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- New Texas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Plum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <4>
- Regency Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Regency Park is located in Allegheny County
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Unity Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Junction
- Unity Junction is located in Allegheny County
- Universal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
How Far From Holiday Park 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 Holiday Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Park and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Park to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holiday Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Holiday Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holiday Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4756, Longitude: -79.7092 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Holiday Park 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Holiday Park 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 309.408 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.406 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.282 degrees. |