Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Westwood Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westwood Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Westwood Hills
- 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 Westwood Hills:
- 36.135965, -81.174807
- 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 Westwood 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Westwood Hills is near Alexander County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Westwood Hills ...
We found seven communities that share the name Westwood Hills.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Westwood Hills.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Vance County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Vance County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Westwood Hills.
- Vance County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Westwood Hills.
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Westwood Hills.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Worcester County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Westwood Hills.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Westwood Hills [Allegheny County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Lexington County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Westwood Hills.
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- This Westwood Hills is located in Blount County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the west of the Westwood Hills that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Westwood Hills.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westwood 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.
- Brown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Buck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Call
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Cricket
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Cricket Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cricket Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Park
- Cricket Park is located in Wilkes County
- East Fruitland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fruitland
- East Fruitland is located in Wilkes County
- Fairplains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairplains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Stokes ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Sunset Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
- Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
- Wildwood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
- Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
How Far From Westwood Hills 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 Westwood Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westwood Hills and extending to:
- Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the North.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Westwood Hills to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,775 miles [7,684.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westwood Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wilkes County: www.wilkescounty.net/
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westwood Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westwood Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1360, Longitude: -81.1748 In this case, the coordinates for Westwood Hills 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 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 Westwood 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> | 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 Westwood 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 310.414 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.905 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.363 degrees. |