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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 Hill:
36.303718, -82.351250
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.
We found twelve communities that share the name Holly Hill.
Within Tennessee, the name Holly Hill is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
Sussex County
This Holly Hill is located in Sussex County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Holly Hill.
Florida
Volusia County
This Holly Hill is located in Volusia County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the south of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Holly Hill.
Georgia
Troup County
This Holly Hill is located in Troup County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Holly Hill.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Holly Hill.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Holly Hill is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Holly Hill.
Dorchester County
This Holly Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Holly Hill.
Montgomery County
This Holly Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Holly Hill.
Prince George's County
This Holly Hill is located in Prince George's County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Holly Hill.
North Carolina
Henderson County
This Holly Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the south of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Holly Hill.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Holly Hill is located in Bucks County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Holly Hill.
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
This Holly Hill is located in Orangeburg County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Holly Hill.
Pickens County
This Holly Hill is located in Pickens County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south of the Holly Hill that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Holly Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Hill ...
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.
Breezy Hills (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Hill and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Holly Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Holly Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3037, Longitude: -82.3512 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.109 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.726 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.792 degrees.