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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 Hillville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillville 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Hillville

Communities Also Named Hillville ...

We found three communities that are also named Hillville.

Within Maryland, the name Hillville is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot 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 Arkansas community of Hillville [Chicot County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Hillville is located in Armstrong County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hillville that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Hillville.
    • Tennessee
      • Haywood County
      • This Hillville is located in Haywood County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hillville that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Hillville.

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)
    • Burnt Mill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
  • Drumcliff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Drumcliff is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drumcliff
  • Land-O-Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Land-O-Lakes is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land-O-Lakes
  • Loveville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Loveville is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
  • Queen Tree Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Queen Tree Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Tree Landing
  • Red Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Summerseat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerseat is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat
  • Summerseat Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerseat Village is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat Village
  • Tintop Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tintop Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintop Hill
  • Widow Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Widow Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Woods
  • Wildwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Williams Wharf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Williams Wharf is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Wharf

How Far From Hillville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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' 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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.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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.668 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.106 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.736 degrees.