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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 Grove Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill:
    • 31.703259, -87.775863
    • 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 Grove Hill
  • 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 Grove Hill ...

We found eight communities that share the name Grove Hill.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Grove Hill.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Montgomery County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Grove Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Bremer 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 Iowa community of Grove Hill [Bremer County].
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Grove Hill is located in De Soto Parish and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Grove Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Grove Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
    • North Carolina
      • Warren County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Warren County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Grove Hill.
    • Quebec
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Page County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Grove Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grove Hill ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Clarke County
  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Clarke County
  • Manila
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manila have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Manila is located in Clarke County
  • Marshall Upper Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Upper Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Upper Landing
    • Marshall Upper Landing is located in Clarke County
  • Peacock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
    • Peacock is located in Clarke County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Clarke County
  • Roundhill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
    • Roundhill is located in Clarke County
  • Rural
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Rural is located in Clarke County
  • Toddtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
    • Toddtown is located in Clarke County
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Clarke County

How Far From Grove Hill 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 town such as Grove Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Grove Hill to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,383 miles [11,881.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,261 miles [8,466.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grove Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grove Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7033, Longitude: -87.7759       In this case, the coordinates for Grove Hill 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 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 Grove Hill 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 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 Grove Hill 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 314.126 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.559 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.042 degrees.




 

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