Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gold Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gold Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gold 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 Gold Hill:
- 35.521251, -80.338114
- 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 Gold 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 Rowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Since Gold Hill is near Cabarrus County and also Stanly County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cabarrus 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 Gold Hill ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Gold Hill.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Gold Hill.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Hoke County
- Rockingham County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cleburne County
- This Gold Hill is located in Cleburne County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Gold Hill.
- Lee County
- This Gold Hill is located in Lee County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the west southwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Gold Hill.
- Arkansas
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Gold Hill.
- Placer County
- This Gold Hill is located in Placer County and lies 2,239 miles [3,603.3 km] to the west northwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Gold Hill.
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- This Gold Hill is located in Boulder County and lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Gold Hill.
- Summit County
- This Gold Hill is located in Summit County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the west northwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Gold Hill.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Gold Hill.
- Storey County
- This Gold Hill is located in Storey County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Gold Hill.
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gold 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.
- Craven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Faith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faith have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Faith is located in Rowan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <6>
- Finger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Granite Quarry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
- Granite Quarry is located in Rowan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,002 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Quarry <6>
- Halls Ferry Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Ferry Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry Junction
- Halls Ferry Junction is located in Stanly County
- High Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Pauls Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pauls Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Crossing
- Pauls Crossing is located in Stanly County
- Pool ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Stokes Ferry ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokes Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ferry
- Stokes Ferry is located in Davidson County
- Timbercreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Union Terrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Terrace
- Union Terrace is located in Rowan County
How Far From Gold 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 Gold Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gold Hill and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gold Hill to Salisbury, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gold Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Gold Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5213, Longitude: -80.3381 In this case, the coordinates for Gold Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Gold Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Gold 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gold 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 309.93 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.261 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.218 degrees. |