Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Holiday Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holiday Park
- 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 Holiday Park:
- 37.069444, -76.316667
- 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 Holiday 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 Holiday Park ...
We found ten communities that share the name Holiday Park.
Within Virginia, the name Holiday Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Holiday Park is located in Columbia County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Holiday Park.
- Muscogee County
- This Holiday Park is located in Muscogee County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Holiday Park.
- Louisiana
- Lafayette Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Holiday Park [Lafayette Parish].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Holiday Park.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Holiday Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Holiday Park.
- Mecklenburg County
- This Holiday Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 274 miles [441 km] to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Holiday Park.
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- This Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County and lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of Holiday Park.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This Holiday Park is located in Wood County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Holiday Park.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Holiday Park is located in Allegheny County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Holiday Park.
- Dauphin County
- This Holiday Park is located in Dauphin County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the north.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Holiday Park.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday 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.
- Cedar Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cedar Park is located in Hampton City
- Chapel Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Village
- Chapel Village is located in Hampton City
- Earness
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Fox Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Grand View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Grand View is located in Hampton City
- Lynnhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Messick ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Odd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Holiday Park 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 Holiday Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Park and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holiday Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Holiday Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holiday Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0694, Longitude: -76.3167 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Holiday 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 . 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 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 Holiday Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.115 degrees. |