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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 Easy Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easy 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 Easy Hill:
    • 34.222392, -78.008046
    • 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 Easy 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
    • Since Easy Hill is near New Hanover County and also Pender County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pender 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 Easy Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Easy 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.

  • Arrowhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Arrowhead is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Bishop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishop is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Cedar Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Council Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Council Heights is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Heights
  • Echo Farms
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo Farms is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Farms
  • Fairlawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairlawn is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • Henrytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Henrytown is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
  • Hightsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
  • Lincoln Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Forest is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Forest
  • Love Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Love Grove is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Grove
  • Piney Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Piney Woods is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
  • Princess Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Princess Place is located in New Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princess Place
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Silver Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Lake is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Sunset Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sunset Park is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
    • Town Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
    • Walnut Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Winter Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Winter Park is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Easy Hill and extending to:

  • Bolivia, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Easy Hill to Bolivia, with an average speed<2> 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.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,712 miles [7,583.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Easy Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Easy 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 Easy Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2224, Longitude: -78.0080       In this case, the coordinates for Easy Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.626 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.577 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.742 degrees.