Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hillville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hillville
- 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 Hillville:
- 38.372625, -76.602459
- 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 Hillville
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Hillville is near Calvert County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hillville ...
We found three communities that share the name Hillville.
Within Maryland, the name Hillville is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillville ...
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.
- Burnt Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
- Burnt Mill is located in Saint Mary's County
- Drumcliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Land-O-Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land-O-Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land-O-Lakes
- Land-O-Lakes is located in Saint Mary's County
- Loveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Queen Tree Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen Tree Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Tree Landing
- Queen Tree Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Red Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Summerseat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerseat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat
- Summerseat is located in Saint Mary's County
- Summerseat Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerseat Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat Village
- Summerseat Village is located in Saint Mary's County
- Tintop Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tintop Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintop Hill
- Tintop Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
- Widow Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Widow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Woods
- Widow Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Williams Wharf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Wharf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Wharf
- Williams Wharf is located in Calvert County
How Far From Hillville 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 Hillville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillville and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Hillville to Annapolis, 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 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hillville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Mary's County: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.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 Hillville 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hillville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3726, Longitude: -76.6025 In this case, the coordinates for Hillville 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 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 Hillville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.668 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.106 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.736 degrees. |