Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Holly Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Holly Grove
- 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 Grove:
- 38.802047, -80.289526
- 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 Grove
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since Holly Grove is near Randolph County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Lewis 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Holly Grove ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Holly Grove.
Within West Virginia, the name Holly Grove is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- This Holly Grove is located in Walker County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Holly Grove.
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- This Holly Grove is located in Monroe County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Holly Grove.
- Polk County
- This Holly Grove is located in Polk County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Holly Grove.
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- This Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Holly Grove.
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- This Holly Grove is located in Worcester County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the east of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Holly Grove.
- Mississippi
- Carroll County
- This Holly Grove is located in Carroll County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Holly Grove.
- North Carolina
- Bertie 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 North Carolina community of Holly Grove [Bertie County].
- Davidson County
- This Holly Grove is located in Davidson County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the south of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Holly Grove.
- Gates County
- This Holly Grove is located in Gates County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the southeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gates County community of Holly Grove.
- Tennessee
- Haywood County
- This Holly Grove is located in Haywood County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Holly Grove.
- Marshall County
- This Holly Grove is located in Marshall County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km] to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Holly Grove.
- Tipton County
- This Holly Grove is located in Tipton County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km] to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Holly Grove.
- Texas
- Polk County
- This Holly Grove is located in Polk County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Holly Grove.
- Virginia
- Louisa County
- This Holly Grove is located in Louisa County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Holly Grove that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Holly Grove.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Grove ...
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.
- Carter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Chemical ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Czar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Evergreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - French Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- French Creek is located in Upshur County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Creek <4>
- Imperial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Jewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Palace Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palace Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Valley
- Palace Valley is located in Upshur County
- Rock Cave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
- Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Tenmile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Zion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Holly Grove 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 Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holly Grove and extending to:
- Buckhannon, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holly Grove to Buckhannon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holly Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.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 from Point A (ie- Holly Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holly Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8020, Longitude: -80.2895 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Grove 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 Grove 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 Grove 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 309.836 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.639 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.134 degrees. |