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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 Holland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holland 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 Holland:
- 30.879393, -97.405505
- 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 Holland
- 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Since Holland is near Williamson County and also Milam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Milam 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 Holland
Communities Also Named Holland ...
We found 32 communities that are also named Holland.
Within Texas, the name Holland is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of 32 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- This Holland is located in Faulkner County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Holland.
- Lonoke County
- This Holland is located in Lonoke County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km] to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Holland.
- Florida
- Leon County
- This Holland is located in Leon County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the east of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Holland.
- Georgia
- Chattooga County
- This Holland is located in Chattooga County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Holland.
- Hall County
- This Holland is located in Hall County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Holland.
- Illinois
- Effingham County
- This Holland is located in Effingham County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Holland.
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- This Holland is located in Dubois County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Holland.
- Iowa
- Grundy County
- This Holland is located in Grundy County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Holland.
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- This Holland is located in Dickinson County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Holland.
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Holland is located in Allen County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Holland.
- Manitoba
- This Holland lies 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Holland is located in Hampden County and lies 1,591 miles [2,560.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Holland.
- Michigan
- Ottawa County
- This Holland is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Holland.
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- This Holland is located in Pipestone County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Holland.
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Holland is located in Pemiscot County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Holland.
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- This Holland is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Holland.
- Nebraska
- Lancaster County
- This Holland is located in Lancaster County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Holland.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Holland is located in Hunterdon County and lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Holland.
- Monmouth County
- This Holland is located in Monmouth County and lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km] to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Holland.
- New York
- Erie County
- This Holland is located in Erie County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Holland.
- Queens County
- This Holland is located in Queens County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km] to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Holland.
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- This Holland is located in Wake County and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Holland.
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Holland is located in Lucas County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Holland.
- Ontario
- This Holland lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- This Holland is located in Josephine County and lies 1,635 miles [2,631.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Holland.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Holland is located in Bucks County and lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Holland.
- South Carolina
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Holland [Anderson County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Holland is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Holland.
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- This Holland is located in Orleans County and lies 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Holland.
- Virginia
- Suffolk City
- This Holland is located in Suffolk City and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Holland.
- Washington
- Whitman 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 Washington community of Holland [Whitman County].
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Holland is located in Brown County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Holland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holland ...
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.
- Bowers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bowers is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Corn Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
- Dog Ridge ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Ridge is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Ridge
- Elm Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elm Grove is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Friendship ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hobbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hobbs is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Joe Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Joe Lee is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Lee
- Leedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leedale is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedale
- Little River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Corn Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Corn Hill
- Oscar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oscar is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Prairie Dell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Dell is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Dell
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rogers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sparks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Union Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Holland 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 town such as Holland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holland and extending to:
- Belton, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holland to Belton, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,838 miles [12,614 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holland) 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 Holland 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> | 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 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 Holland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8794, Longitude: -97.4055 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.418 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.12 degrees. |
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