Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fountain Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fountain Hill
- 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 Fountain Hill:
- 35.077651, -80.288396
- 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 Fountain 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 Anson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Anson County
- Since Fountain Hill is near Union County and also Stanly County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Stanly 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 Fountain Hill ...
We found six communities that share the name Fountain Hill.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Fountain Hill.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Greene 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 North Carolina community of Fountain Hill [Greene County].
- Lenoir County
- This Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the east of the Fountain Hill that is located in Anson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Fountain Hill.
- Greene County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- This Fountain Hill is located in Ashley County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<2> to the west of the Fountain Hill that is located in Anson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Fountain Hill.
- Georgia
- Rockdale 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 Georgia community of Fountain Hill [Rockdale County].
- Kansas
- Morris 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 Kansas community of Fountain Hill [Morris County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County
- This Fountain Hill is located in Lehigh County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Fountain Hill that is located in Anson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Fountain Hill.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain 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.
- Aquadale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Beverly ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Big Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Anson County
- Cottonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Cottonville is located in Stanly County
- Griffins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Crossroads
- Griffins Crossroads is located in Anson County
- Marshville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Marshville is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshville <5>
- Mineral Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mineral Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Olive Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Olive Branch is located in Union County
- Peachland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peachland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachland
- Peachland is located in Anson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peachland <5>
- Poplar Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Poplar Hill is located in Anson County
- Roper ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Sugar Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
How Far From Fountain 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 Fountain Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Hill and extending to:
- Wadesboro, which is the Seat of Anson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Hill to Wadesboro, with an average speed<7> 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 four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fountain Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Anson County: www.co.anson.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.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 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 Fountain Hill 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- Fountain Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fountain Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0777, Longitude: -80.2884 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fountain Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Fountain Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.903 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.165 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.333 degrees. |