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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 Hillandale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillandale 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 Hillandale:
    • 35.274283, -82.427063
    • 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 Hillandale
  • 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 Hillandale is near Polk County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Hillandale

Communities Also Named Hillandale ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hillandale.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Hillandale.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Wake County
      • This Hillandale is located in Wake County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hillandale that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Hillandale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Hillandale is located in Madison County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the west of the Hillandale that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hillandale.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Hillandale is located in Fulton County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hillandale that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Hillandale.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hillandale is located in Montgomery County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hillandale that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hillandale.
    • New Brunswick
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Hillandale is located in Greenville County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south of the Hillandale that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Hillandale.
    • Virginia
      • Charlotte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hillandale [Charlotte County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillandale ...

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.

  • Butt Mountain
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Butt Mountain is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butt Mountain
  • Crooked Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • English Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • English Hills is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
  • Five Points
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Flat Rock
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Flat Rock Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Flat Rock Forest is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Forest
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kingswood is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Mountain Lake Camp
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Lake Camp is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Camp
  • Overlook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Overlook is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Pebble Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pebble Creek is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
  • Quail Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Ravenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ravenwood is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Rosebud
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosebud is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Tranquility
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tranquility is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
    • Tuxedo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Upward
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Upward is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
    • Valley Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
    • Willow Bend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
    • Willow Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Willow Brook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

How Far From Hillandale to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hillandale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillandale and extending to:

  • Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hillandale 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 388 miles [624.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillandale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Hillandale 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.
<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 Hillandale 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 Hillandale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2743, Longitude: -82.4271       In this case, the coordinates for Hillandale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.145 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.619 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.116 degrees.