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 Walnut Hills:
34.306558, -77.953600
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.
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 New Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seventeen communities that share the name Walnut Hills.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Walnut Hills.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Wake County
Although located in Wake County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Walnut Hills.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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 Walnut Hills [Arapahoe County].
Indiana
Hamilton County
This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
Maryland
Charles County
This Walnut Hills is located in Charles County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Walnut Hills.
Ohio
Clark County
This Walnut Hills is located in Clark County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Walnut Hills.
Hamilton County
This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
Jackson 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 Ohio community of Walnut Hills [Jackson County].
Montgomery County
This Walnut Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walnut Hills.
Stark County
This Walnut Hills is located in Stark County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km] to the north northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Walnut Hills.
South Carolina
Sumter County
This Walnut Hills is located in Sumter County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the west of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Walnut Hills.
Tennessee
Davidson County
This Walnut Hills is located in Davidson County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Walnut Hills.
Hamilton County
This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the west of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
Williamson County
This Walnut Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the west northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Walnut Hills.
Texas
Potter County
Although located in Potter County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Walnut Hills.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Walnut Hills is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Walnut Hills.
Virginia
Williamsburg City
This Walnut Hills is located in Williamsburg City and lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg City community of Walnut Hills.
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
This Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Walnut Hills that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Walnut Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut 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.
Cedar Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Walnut Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut Hills and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Walnut Hills 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 321 miles [516.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Walnut 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.
<2>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3066, Longitude: -77.9536 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Walnut Hills 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 308.595 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.553 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.695 degrees.