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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 Walnut Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut 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 Walnut Hills:
    • 39.949722, -85.998889
    • 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 Walnut 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 Walnut Hills ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Walnut Hills.

Within Indiana, the name Walnut Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Walnut Hills [Arapahoe County].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Charles County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Walnut Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • New Hanover County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Wake County
      • Although located in Wake County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Clark County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the southeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Jackson 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 Walnut Hills [Jackson County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Stark County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Stark County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km] to the east northeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Walnut Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Sumter County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Davidson County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the south of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the south of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Williamson County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the south of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • Although located in Potter County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the west of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Williamsburg City
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Williamsburg City and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg City community of Walnut Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Walnut Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut 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.

  • Bluestone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluestone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
    • Bluestone is located in Hamilton County
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Hamilton County
  • Fishers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
    • Fishers is located in Hamilton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishers <4>
  • Forest Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
    • Forest Ridge is located in Hamilton County
  • Heather Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Point
    • Heather Point is located in Hamilton County
  • Heritage Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Green
    • Heritage Green is located in Hamilton County
  • Heritage Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Hamilton County
  • Hickory Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
  • Indigo Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indigo Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Lake
    • Indigo Lake is located in Hamilton County
  • Masthead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masthead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthead
    • Masthead is located in Hamilton County
  • Pleasant View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Hamilton County
  • Quaker Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
    • Quaker Ridge is located in Hamilton County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • River Edge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
      • River Edge is located in Hamilton County
    • Sail Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sail Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sail Place
      • Sail Place is located in Hamilton County
    • Sandstone Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandstone Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Lakes
      • Sandstone Lakes is located in Hamilton County
    • Sandstone Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandstone Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Woods
      • Sandstone Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Sawgrass
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
      • Sawgrass is located in Hamilton County
    • Spyglass Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spyglass Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
      • Spyglass Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Stevenson Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Mill
      • Stevenson Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Sweetbriar
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetbriar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
      • Sweetbriar is located in Hamilton County
    • Thorny Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorny Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Ridge
      • Thorny Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Timber Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Springs
      • Timber Springs is located in Hamilton County
    • Winding Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
      • Winding Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Windjammer
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windjammer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer
      • Windjammer is located in Hamilton County
    • Woods Edge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
      • Woods Edge is located in Hamilton County

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

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

  • Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the North.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Walnut Hills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Hamilton County: www.co.hamilton.in.us/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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 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 Walnut 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9497, Longitude: -85.9989       In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Walnut 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 313.375 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.845 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.339 degrees.




 

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