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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 Nob Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nob 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 Nob Hill:
    • 35.529874, -79.234465
    • 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 Nob 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Since Nob Hill is near Chatham County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Nob Hill

Communities Also Named Nob Hill ...

We found ten communities that are also named Nob Hill.

Within North Carolina, the name Nob Hill is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Francisco 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 California community of Nob Hill [San Francisco County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Nob Hill [Arapahoe County].
    • Florida
      • Broward 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 Florida community of Nob Hill [Broward County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Nob Hill that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Nob Hill.
      • Howard County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Howard County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the north northeast of the Nob Hill that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Nob Hill.
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Nob Hill [Montgomery County].
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Florence County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Nob Hill.
    • Texas
      • Llano County
      • Although located in Llano County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Nob Hill.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Weber County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Nob Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Albemarle County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Nob Hill that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Nob Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nob 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.

  • Colon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Colon is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
  • Cool Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cool Springs is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
  • Farmville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gulf
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulf is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
  • Holly Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holly Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Owls Nest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Owls Nest is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
  • Planters Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Planters Ridge is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Ridge
  • Royal Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Stoneybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Stoneybrook is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
  • Tramway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tramway is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
  • Wildwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Wildwood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

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

  • Sanford, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Nob Hill to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 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 Nob 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- Nob Hill) 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 Nob 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 Nob Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5299, Longitude: -79.2345       In this case, the coordinates for Nob Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.296 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.536 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.785 degrees.