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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 Richmond Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richmond 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 Richmond Hill:
    • 36.245684, -80.610698
    • 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 Richmond Hill
  • 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 Richmond Hill ...

We found six communities that share the name Richmond Hill.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Richmond Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Alamance 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 Richmond Hill [Alamance County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bryan County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Bryan County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the south of the Richmond Hill that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Richmond Hill.
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Queens County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Richmond Hill that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Richmond Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Richmond Hill lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<2> to the north of the Richmond Hill that is located in Yadkin County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Richmond Hill [Susquehanna County].
    • South Carolina
      • Georgetown County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Georgetown County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Richmond Hill that is located in Yadkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Richmond Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Richmond 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.

  • Five Forks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Yadkin County
  • Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Yadkin County
  • Halls Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
    • Halls Ferry is located in Surry County
  • Holly Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
    • Holly Spring is located in Yadkin County
  • Lime Rock ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Lime Rock is located in Surry County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
  • Poindexter
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poindexter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
    • Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Yadkin County
  • Union Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
    • Union Cross is located in Yadkin County
  • Union Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County

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

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

  • Yadkinville, which is the Seat of Yadkin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Richmond Hill to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 267 miles [429.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richmond Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yadkin County: www.yadkincounty.gov/

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 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 Richmond 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 '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- Richmond Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2457, Longitude: -80.6107    
<3>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.
<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 Richmond Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.083 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.542 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.103 degrees.




 

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