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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 The Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The 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 The Hills:
    • 38.752895, -76.576070
    • 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 The 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since The Hills is near Calvert County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 The Hills

Communities Also Named The Hills ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named The Hills.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named The Hills.

Beyond Maryland, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of The Hills [Prince George's County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This The Hills lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
    • California
      • Sonoma 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 California community of The Hills [Sonoma County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This The Hills is located in Habersham County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of The Hills.
    • Iowa
      • Johnson County
      • This The Hills is located in Johnson County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of The Hills.
    • Minnesota
      • Rock County
      • This The Hills is located in Rock County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of The Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly County
      • This The Hills is located in Stanly County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of The Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This The Hills is located in Clermont County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of The Hills.
      • Cuyahoga 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 The Hills [Cuyahoga County].
      • Pike County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of The Hills [Pike County].
      • Washington County
      • This The Hills is located in Washington County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the west northwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of The Hills.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of The Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of The Hills [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Lee County
      • This The Hills is located in Lee County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of The Hills.
      • Travis County
      • This The Hills is located in Travis County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km] to the west southwest of the The Hills that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of The Hills.
    • Utah
      • Cache 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 Utah community of The Hills [Cache County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The 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.

  • Baywalker Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
  • Fairhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
  • Friendship
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Friendship Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Friendship Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Woods
  • Holly Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Jewell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Lofty Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lofty Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty Heights
  • Masons Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Masons Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Beach
  • Mimosa Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Cove
  • Nutwell
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Nutwell is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwell
  • Paris Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Paris Oaks is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Oaks
  • Queen Anne Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Queen Anne Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Anne Hill
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Rest Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rest Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
    • Ridgeview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Ridgeview is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Rose Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sam Owings Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sam Owings Place is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Owings Place
    • Tabernacle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Tabernacle is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Tall Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tall Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
    • Tracys Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Trails
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Trails is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails
    • Tranquility
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Tranquility is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
    • Woodside View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodside View is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside View
    • Wuthering Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wuthering Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuthering Heights

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from The Hills to Annapolis, 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 five to six hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,465 miles [7,185.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 The 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 The Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 The 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 The Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7529, Longitude: -76.5761       In this case, the coordinates for The Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.628 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.119 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.577 degrees.