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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 Chapel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel 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 Chapel Hill:
    • 38.723449, -76.982475
    • 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 Chapel 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Since Chapel Hill is near Fairfax County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Chapel Hill

Communities Also Named Chapel Hill ...

We found 39 communities that are also named Chapel Hill.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Chapel Hill.

Beyond Maryland, we know of 37 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Baltimore County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Calvert County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Calvert County and lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Chapel Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Choctaw County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Choctaw County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Covington County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Covington County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Walker County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Walker County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Washington County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Howard County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Sevier County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Sevier County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in New London County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Palm Beach County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Douglas County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Floyd County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Twiggs County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chapel Hill [Twiggs County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Lake County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Marion County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Monroe County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Monroe County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Chapel Hill [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Allen County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Chapel Hill [Attala County].
      • Hinds County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Hinds County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Lafayette County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Chapel Hill.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Chapel Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Madison County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Orange County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Orange County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chapel Hill [Perry County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chapel Hill [Montgomery County].
    • Quebec
      • This Chapel Hill lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chapel Hill [Berkeley County].
    • Tennessee
      • Henderson County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Marshall County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Maury County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Maury County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Texas
      • Smith County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Smith County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Chapel Hill.
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chapel Hill [Washington County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Davis County and lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Chapel Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria City
      • This Chapel Hill is located in Alexandria City and lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Chapel Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel 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.

  • Apple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Apple Grove is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Cedar Lawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Lawn is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn
  • Danville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Danville is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Fort Hunt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fort Hunt is located in Fairfax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunt
  • Friendly
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Friendly is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
  • Friendly Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Friendly Farms is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Farms
  • Friendly Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Friendly Hills is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Hills
  • Harmony Hall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harmony Hall is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hall
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Holly Hill is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Hunter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hunter is located in Fairfax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Kerby Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kerby Hill is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Hill
  • Marlin Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marlin Forest is located in Fairfax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin Forest
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Springs is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Springs
    • Riverside Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Riverside Gardens is located in Fairfax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Gardens
    • Riverview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Riverview is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Sharperville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sharperville is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharperville
    • Squires Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Squires Woods is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Woods
    • Thrift
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Thrift is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift

How Far From Chapel Hill to ...

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

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

  • Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chapel Hill to Upper Marlboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 12 miles [19.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Chapel Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Chapel Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Chapel 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.
<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 Chapel 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 Chapel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7234, Longitude: -76.9825       In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.868 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.388 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.758 degrees.