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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 English Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to English Hills and the surrounding area.
- 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 English Hills:
- 35.279562, -82.479842
- 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 English 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since English Hills is near Transylvania County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville 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 English Hills
Communities Also Named English Hills ...
We found three communities that are also named English Hills.
Within North Carolina, the name English Hills is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of English Hills [Fairfax County].
- Henrico County
- This English Hills is located in Henrico County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the English Hills that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of English Hills.
- Stafford County
- This English Hills is located in Stafford County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the northeast of the English Hills that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of English Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near English 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.
- Bent Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bent Tree is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Crooked Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Echo Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Echo Lakes is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lakes
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock Forest is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Forest
- Glenn Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glenn Brook is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Brook
- Hillandale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillandale is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Indian Cave Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Cave Park is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Park
- Indian Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Cove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Kingswood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Laurel Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountain Lake Camp is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Camp
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Overlook is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Pebble Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pebble Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ravenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Rosebud
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Sugar Hollow Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sugar Hollow Farm is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow Farm
- Timbercreek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Tranquility
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tranquility is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Valley Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Willow Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From English Hills 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 English Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in English Hills and extending to:
- Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from English Hills to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 English 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- English Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 English 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 English Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2796, Longitude: -82.4798 In this case, the coordinates for English Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.655 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.135 degrees. |
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