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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:
    • 32.359583, -86.268023
    • 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 Grove Hill
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Grove Hill is near Elmore County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga 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 Grove Hill

Communities Also Named Grove Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Grove Hill.

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

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located 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 ...
    • Clarke County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Clarke County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke 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 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery 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 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Grove Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
    • North Carolina
      • Warren County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Warren County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Grove Hill.
    • Quebec
      • This Grove Hill lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Grove Hill is located in Page County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grove Hill that is located in Montgomery 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.

  • Cloverdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cloverdale is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cloverland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Cross Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Eastern Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eastern Meadows is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Meadows
  • Executive Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Executive Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Park
  • Garden Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Garden Square is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Square
  • Gay Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gay Meadows is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Meadows
  • Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Johnstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnstown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • King Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • King Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Lakeview Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lakeview Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Lynndale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lynndale is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
    • Morningview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Morningview is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningview
    • Rosemary
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rosemary is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Timbers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Timbers is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers
    • Valley Whispers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Valley Whispers is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Whispers
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Wildwood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Young Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Young Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place

How Far From Grove Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community 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 Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Grove Hill to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Grove Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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>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 Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3596, Longitude: -86.2680       In this case, the coordinates for Grove Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.283 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.672 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.329 degrees.