Holmes may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Holmes (surname) Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins. The name can be a variant of the surname ''Holme''. This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Midd ...

, a list of people and fictional characters **

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

, a fictional detective * Holmes (given name), a list of people * Gordon Holmes, a penname used by Louis Tracy (1863–1928), British journalist and fiction writer

Places

In the United States

Holmes, California Holmes (formerly Holmes Camp, and also known as Holmes Flat) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United Sta ...

, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Holmes, a hamlet within Pawling (town), New York * Holmes Township, Michigan * Holmes City Township, Minnesota *

Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio Holmes Township is one of the sixteen civil township, townships of Crawford County, Ohio, Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 1,246. Geography Located in the northwestern part ...

Holmes County, Florida Holmes County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, in the Florida Panhandle, Panhandle. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 19,653. Its county seat i ...

Holmes County, Mississippi Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. As of the 2020 c ...

* Holmes County, Ohio * Mount Holmes, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming * Fort Holmes, Mackinac Island, Michigan *

Holmes Island (Indiana) Holmes Island is located in Pine Lake, in Center Township, LaPorte County, just northwest of LaPorte, Indiana. The island is a residential community. See also * Islands of the Midwest References Landforms of LaPorte County, Indiana Lak ...

, an island and community *

Holmes Island (Washington) Holmes Island is an island in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defin ...

, an island *

Holmes Reservation Holmes Reservation is a conservation parcel located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. During the American Revolution, the land was used as a muster ground for the Plymouth militia. The property is owned by The Trustees of Reservations ''The'' is ...

, a conservation parcel in Plymouth, Massachusetts

In Antarctica

Holmes Summit Holmes Summit is a peak rising to , the highest elevation in the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967 and was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey in the period 1968 ...

Holmes Glacier Holmes Glacier () is a broad glacier debouching into the western part of Porpoise Bay about south of Cape Spieden. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and was named by the Advisory Commi ...

Holmes Hills The Holmes Hills () are a group of ridges and nunataks rising to about between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to the southwest by the Brennecke Nunataks, in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United Sta ...

Holmes Ridge Holmes Ridge () is a rock ridge, long, which is the largest feature in the western part of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after Robert E. Holmes of the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wis ...

Holmes Island (Antarctica) Holmes Island () is an island long, lying south of Vieugue Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee fo ...

Holmes Rock Holmes Rock is rising to north of Greenwich Island and west of Aitcho group in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature is named after Captain Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the Amer ...

Holmes Bluff The Demas Range () is a range about long that forms the lower east margin of the Berry Glacier in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The range trends north–south culminating in Mount Goorhigian, high. Location The Demas Range is northeast of ...

Holmes Block Holmes Block () is a blocklike bluff, rising to at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, west of Cooke Bluff, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after John W. Holmes, a cartographer spec ...

, a bluff

In outer space

17P/Holmes Comet Holmes (official designation: 17P/Holmes) is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892. Although normally a very faint object, Holmes became notable during its Oct ...

, a comet *

5477 Holmes 5477 Holmes, provisional designation , is a Hungaria asteroid and binary system from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 27 October 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palo ...

, an asteroid *

Holmes (crater) Holmes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Holmes (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective * Holmes (given name), a list of people * Gordon Holmes, a penname used by Louis Trac ...

, a crater on Mars

Elsewhere

* Holmes, Northern Territory, Australia, a suburb in Darwin * Holmes River, British Columbia, Canada * Holmes, Lancashire, a village in West Lancashire, England

Schools

* Holmes Community College, Mississippi * Holmes Junior/Senior High School, the oldest high school in Kentucky * Holmes Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado) * Holmes Middle School (Livonia, Michigan)

Ships

* , two British Royal Navy ships * , two United States Navy ships

Other uses

* HOLMES 2, an IT system used by the police in the United Kingdom * Holmes Airport, a former airport located in Queens in New York City * Holmes railway station, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England * Holmes Products, a United States small-appliance producer * Holmes (computer) * ''Holmes'' (TV series), a news and current affairs show that aired in New Zealand * Baron Holmes, two titles in the Peerage of Ireland