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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 Holly Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Holly Park:
    • 29.799200, -95.445400
    • 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 Holly Park
  • 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 Holly Park ...

We found eight communities that share the name Holly Park.

Within Texas, the name Holly Park is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • Although located in Los Angeles County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Holly Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Holly Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the east of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Holly Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Holly Park is located in Ocean County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Holly Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Holly Park is located in Rowan County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Holly Park.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Holly Park.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Holly Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Holly Park.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Holly Park is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Holly Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Holly Park is located in King County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holly Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Holly Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly 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.

  • Candlelight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlelight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
    • Candlelight is located in Harris County
  • City of Spring Valley Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City of Spring Valley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Spring Valley Village
    • City of Spring Valley Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for City of Spring Valley Village <4>
  • Forest Pine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pine
    • Forest Pine is located in Harris County
  • Garden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
    • Garden Oaks is located in Harris County
  • Houston Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
    • Houston Heights is located in Harris County
  • Hunters Creek Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
    • Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Monarch Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monarch Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Oaks
    • Monarch Oaks is located in Harris County
  • Pine Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
    • Pine Terrace is located in Harris County
  • Spring Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Oaks
    • Spring Oaks is located in Harris County
  • Spring Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Harris County

How Far From Holly Park to ...

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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Park and extending to:

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Holly Park to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,219 miles [1,961.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,809 miles [12,567.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holly Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Harris County: www.co.harris.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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- Holly Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7992, Longitude: -95.4454       In this case, the coordinates for Holly 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 Holly 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 Holly 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 318.644 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.581 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.385 degrees.




 

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