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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 Hills Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holly Hills Estates 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 Hills Estates:
- 38.298720, -80.829542
- 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 Hills Estates
- 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 Nicholas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Since Holly Hills Estates is near Clay County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Hills Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holly Hills Estates ...
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.
- Burl
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burl
- Canvas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canvas is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canvas
- Deepwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deepwell is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwell
- Donald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Fowler Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fowler Knob is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Knob
- Hookersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
- Opal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Opal is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Sparks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Summersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Holly Hills Estates 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 Holly Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Holly Hills Estates and extending to:
- Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Holly Hills Estates to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Hills Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hills Estates 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 Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2987, Longitude: -80.8295 In this case, the coordinates for Holly Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.177 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.952 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.535 degrees. |
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