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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 Seven Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills:
    • 35.729324, -77.930818
    • 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 Seven Hills
  • 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Since Seven Hills is near Nash County and also Edgecombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe 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 Seven Hills

Communities Also Named Seven Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named Seven Hills.

Within North Carolina, the name Seven Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Mobile County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seven Hills that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Seven Hills.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Hills that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Seven Hills.
      • Boulder County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Boulder County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km] to the west northwest of the Seven Hills that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Seven Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Seven Hills [Lake County].
    • New York
      • Putnam 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 New York community of Seven Hills [Putnam County].
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Seven Hills is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Seven Hills that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Seven Hills.
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Seven Hills [Hamilton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Hills ...

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.

  • Dew Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dew Field is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Field
  • Elizabeth Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Elizabeth Heights is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
  • Five Points
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Hominy Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hominy Heights is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Heights
  • Lincoln Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Ponderosa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ponderosa is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Quail Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Sandy Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Creek is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
  • Stoneybrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Stoneybrook is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
  • White Fox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • White Fox is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
  • Wildwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Wildwood is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilson, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Seven Hills to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> 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 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seven Hills) 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 Seven Hills 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 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.
<4>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 Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7293, Longitude: -77.9308       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.551 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.713 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.218 degrees.