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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 Seven Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills:
    • 40.037208, -105.333048
    • 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 Seven Hills
  • 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 Seven Hills ...

We found seven communities that share the name Seven Hills.

There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Seven Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Colorado ...
    • Arapahoe County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Arapahoe County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Seven Hills that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Seven Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Mobile County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Seven Hills that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Seven Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Seven Hills [Lake County].
    • New York
      • Putnam 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 New York community of Seven Hills [Putnam County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wilson County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Wilson County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the east of the Seven Hills that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Seven Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the east of the Seven Hills that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Seven Hills.
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Seven Hills [Hamilton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven 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.

  • Boulder
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
  • Gold Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
    • Gold Run is located in Boulder County
  • Magnolia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Boulder County
  • Mountain Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
    • Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County
  • Silver Spruce
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spruce have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
    • Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
  • Sugarloaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
    • Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
  • Summerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Summerville is located in Boulder County
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Boulder County
  • Sunshine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
  • Tall Timber
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber
    • Tall Timber is located in Boulder County

How Far From Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Seven Hills to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,504 miles [2,420.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 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 7,629 miles [12,277.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seven Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seven Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0372, Longitude: -105.3330       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Hills 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 Seven 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 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Seven 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 326.815 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.407 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.126 degrees.









 

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