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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 Round Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round 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 Round Hill:
    • 37.678970, -84.416046
    • 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 Round 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Round Hill is near Garrard County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garrard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan 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 Round Hill

Communities Also Named Round Hill ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Round Hill.

Within Kentucky, the name Round Hill is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Round Hill lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
    • Arkansas
      • Dallas County
      • This Round Hill is located in Dallas County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Round Hill.
    • Colorado
      • Saguache 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 Colorado community of Round Hill [Saguache County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield 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 Connecticut community of Round Hill [Fairfield County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Round Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Round Hill.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Round Hill is located in Douglas County and lies 1,913 miles [3,078.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Round Hill.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Round Hill lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams 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 Pennsylvania community of Round Hill [Adams County].
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This Round Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Round Hill.
      • Loudoun County
      • This Round Hill is located in Loudoun County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Round Hill.
      • Rappahannock County
      • This Round Hill is located in Rappahannock County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rappahannock County community of Round Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Round 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.

  • Buckeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Buggytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Buggytown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buggytown
  • Cottonburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottonburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonburg
  • Crow Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crow Valley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Valley
  • Happy Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Landing is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Landing
  • Kirksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kirksville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
  • Paint Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Silver Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek

How Far From Round Hill 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 Round Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Round Hill to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Round 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 Round 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'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 Round 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 Round Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6790, Longitude: -84.4160       In this case, the coordinates for Round Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.369 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.368 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.272 degrees.