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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Happy Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy Hollow and the surrounding area.
- 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 Happy Hollow:
- 29.621894, -99.753668
- 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 Happy 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 Uvalde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uvalde County
- Since Happy Hollow is near Real County and also Bandera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Real County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bandera 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 Happy Hollow
Communities Also Named Happy Hollow ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Happy Hollow.
Within Texas, the name Happy Hollow is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Happy Hollow.
- Alberta
- This Happy Hollow lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Happy Hollow.
- DeKalb County
- This Happy Hollow is located in DeKalb County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km] to the east northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Happy Hollow.
- Indiana
- Harrison County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Harrison County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Happy Hollow.
- Kentucky
- Pulaski County
- 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 Kentucky community of Happy Hollow [Pulaski County].
- Missouri
- Washington County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Washington County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Happy Hollow.
- Montana
- Valley County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Valley County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Happy Hollow.
- Ohio
- Hocking County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hocking County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Happy Hollow.
- Stark County
- 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 Ohio community of Happy Hollow [Stark County].
- Ontario
- This Happy Hollow lies 1,747 miles [2,811.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Tillamook County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Happy Hollow.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Happy Hollow is located in Providence County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Happy Hollow that is located in Uvalde County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Happy Hollow.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy 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.
- First Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- First Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Flatrock Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Flatrock Crossing is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Crossing
- Hackberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Leakey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Long Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Long Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Crossing
- Lost Creek Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek Place is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Place
- Second Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Second Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Third Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Third Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Trio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trio is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
How Far From Happy 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 Happy Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Happy Hollow and extending to:
- Uvalde, which is the Seat of Uvalde County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Happy Hollow to Uvalde, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,263 miles [11,688.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,997 miles [12,869.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Happy Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Happy Hollow 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Happy Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Happy Hollow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Happy Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6219, Longitude: -99.7537 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.464 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.891 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.242 degrees. |
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