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Communities Also Named Hills ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Hills.

Within British Columbia, the name Hills is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these sixteen communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hills [Sonoma County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This Hills is located in Habersham County and lies 2,011 miles [3,236.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Hills.
    • Iowa
      • Johnson County
      • This Hills is located in Johnson County and lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hills.
      • Prince George's County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hills [Prince George's County].
    • Minnesota
      • Rock County
      • This Hills is located in Rock County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly County
      • This Hills is located in Stanly County and lies 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Hills is located in Clermont County and lies 1,778 miles [2,861.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Hills.
      • Cuyahoga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Cuyahoga County].
      • Pike County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Pike County].
      • Washington County
      • This Hills is located in Washington County and lies 1,894 miles [3,048.1 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hills.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hills [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Lee County
      • This Hills is located in Lee County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Hills.
      • Travis County
      • This Hills is located in Travis County and lies 1,696 miles [2,729.4 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Hills.
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hills [Cache County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Box Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Lake
  • Cody ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Fry Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Marblehead
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadow Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Mirror Lake
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Three Forks ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hills to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hills to Victoria, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,939 miles [3,120.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,394 miles [8,680.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hills 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 Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.1000, Longitude: -117.4833    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.988 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.097 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.326 degrees.