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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 Sugar Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar 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 Sugar Hill:
    • 34.757661, -79.458936
    • 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 Sugar 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 Sugar Hill ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Sugar Hill.

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

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • McDowell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Sugar Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Washington 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 Arkansas community of Sugar Hill [Washington County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sugar Hill [Bartow County].
      • Dooly County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dooly County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Fannin County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Fannin County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km] to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Hall County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hall County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Montgomery County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Grafton County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New York
      • Schuyler 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 Sugar Hill [Schuyler County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the north of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Washington County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km] to the north of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sugar Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Dorchester County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Oconee County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Oconee County and lies 197 miles [317 km] to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hardeman County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Perry County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Perry County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km] to the west of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Texas
      • Panola 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 Texas community of Sugar Hill [Panola County].
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Campbell County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the north of the Sugar Hill that is located in Scotland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Sugar Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar 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.

  • Crossway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossway
    • Crossway is located in Scotland County
  • Hasty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hasty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
    • Hasty is located in Scotland County
  • Ida Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Mill
    • Ida Mill is located in Scotland County
  • Johns
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
    • Johns is located in Scotland County
  • Lincoln Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Scotland County
  • Sandy Bottoms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bottoms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottoms
    • Sandy Bottoms is located in Scotland County
  • Sunshine Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
    • Sunshine Park is located in Scotland County
  • Whispering Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Whispering Pines is located in Scotland County
  • Woodrun
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodrun have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrun
    • Woodrun is located in Scotland County

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

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

  • Laurinburg, which is the Seat of Scotland County, lies just to the West.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Hill to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Scotland County: www.scotlandcounty.org/

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 '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- Sugar Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sugar Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7577, Longitude: -79.4589       In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Sugar 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.
<3>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 Sugar Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Sugar Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.432 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.579 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.113 degrees.




 

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