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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 Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Corner 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 Corner:
    • 38.363461, -77.566098
    • 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 Corner
  • 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 Corner ...

We found two communities that share the name Holly Corner.

Within Virginia, the name Holly Corner is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clay 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 Arkansas community of Holly Corner [Clay County].
    • Maryland
      • Caroline County
      • This Holly Corner is located in Caroline County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Holly Corner that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Holly Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Corner ...

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.

  • English Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
    • English Hills is located in Stafford County
  • Heartland Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartland Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Ridge
    • Heartland Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Holly Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Corners
    • Holly Corners is located in Stafford County
  • Mine Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Ridge
    • Mine Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Old Banks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Banks
    • Old Banks is located in Stafford County
  • Peach Lawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peach Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lawn
    • Peach Lawn is located in Stafford County
  • Scenic Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Ridge
    • Scenic Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Summerset Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerset Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Ridge
    • Summerset Ridge is located in Stafford County
  • Walnut Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Stafford County

How Far From Holly Corner 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 Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Corner to Stafford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 46 miles [74 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 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 Holly Corner 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 Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3635, Longitude: -77.5661       In this case, the coordinates for Holly Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Holly Corner 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 308.232 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.747 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.138 degrees.




 

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