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Communities Also Named Whispering Hills ...

We found ten communities that share the name Whispering Hills.

Within Alberta, the name Whispering Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Whispering Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Whispering Hills.
    • Arizona
      • Cochise 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 Arizona community of Whispering Hills [Cochise County].
    • Florida
      • Brevard 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 Florida community of Whispering Hills [Brevard County].
    • Illinois
      • McHenry 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 Illinois community of Whispering Hills [McHenry County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Whispering Hills [Jefferson County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Whispering Hills [Saint Louis County].
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This Whispering Hills is located in York County and lies 2,067 miles [3,326.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Whispering Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County and lies 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Whispering Hills.
      • Knox County
      • This Whispering Hills is located in Knox County and lies 1,903 miles [3,062.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Whispering Hills.
      • White County
      • This Whispering Hills is located in White County and lies 1,858 miles [2,990.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Whispering Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whispering Hills ...

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.

  • Amber Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amber Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Valley
  • Deep Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Fawcett
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Flatbush
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Island Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
  • Larkspur
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
  • Properity
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Properity came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Properity
  • Sunset Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
  • White Gull
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Gull came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Gull

How Far From Whispering Hills 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 village such as Whispering Hills to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Whispering Hills to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,770 miles [2,848.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whispering Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whispering Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.7600, Longitude: -113.5534    
<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 Whispering Hills 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Whispering Hills 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 333.862 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.90 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.97 degrees.









 

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