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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly 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 Holly:
- 31.131090, -95.334599
- 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 Holly
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Holly is near Trinity County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Holly
Communities Also Named Holly ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Holly.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Holly.
Beyond Texas, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Holly [Smith County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Prowers County
- This Holly is located in Prowers County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prowers County community of Holly.
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- This Holly is located in De Soto Parish and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Holly.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- This Holly is located in Oakland County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Holly.
- Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Holly [Sheridan County].
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Holly [Rutherford County].
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Holly [Columbiana County].
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Holly [Tuscarawas County].
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Holly [Coffee County].
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Holly [Chesterfield County].
- Washington
- Kitsap County
- This Holly is located in Kitsap County and lies 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Holly.
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This Holly is located in Braxton County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Holly.
- Kanawha County
- This Holly is located in Kanawha County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the northeast of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Holly.
- Wyoming
- Goshen County
- This Holly is located in Goshen County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Holly that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goshen County community of Holly.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly ...
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.
- Cut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cut is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut
- Friday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lovelady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Red Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Branch is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
How Far From Holly 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 Holly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly and extending to:
- Crockett, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holly to Crockett, 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,740 miles [12,456.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Holly, 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 Holly 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 Holly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1311, Longitude: -95.3346 In this case, the coordinates for Holly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.762 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.891 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.202 degrees. |
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