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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 Silver Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Hills and the surrounding area.
- 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 Silver Hills:
- 38.282569, -85.845243
- 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 Silver Hills
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Silver Hills is near Jefferson County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Silver Hills
Communities Also Named Silver Hills ...
We found four communities that are also named Silver Hills.
Within Indiana, the name Silver Hills is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Winnebago County
- This Silver Hills is located in Winnebago County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Silver Hills that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Silver Hills.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Silver Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Hills that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Silver Hills.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Silver Hills.
- Texas
- Comal County
- This Silver Hills is located in Comal County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Silver Hills that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comal County community of Silver Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver 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.
- Arctic Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arctic Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs
- Cementville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cementville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Floyds Knobs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- German Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- German Town is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Heatherfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heatherfield is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Hunters Trace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hunters Trace is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- Lanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Locust Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Point is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mockingbird Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Riverside Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riverside Gardens is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Gardens
- Sellersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Silver 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 Silver Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Silver Hills and extending to:
- New Albany, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Silver Hills to Indianapolis, 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silver Hills) 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 Silver 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> | 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 Silver 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 Silver Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2826, Longitude: -85.8452 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.266 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.483 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.736 degrees. |
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