We found seven communities that share the name Greenhill.
There are two communities within Nova Scotia that are also named Greenhill.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, three are located in Canada and four are in the United States.
This Greenhill lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Greenhill is located in Madison County and lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Greenhill.
Maryland
Somerset County
This Greenhill is located in Somerset County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Greenhill.
New Brunswick
This Greenhill lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
North Carolina
Haywood 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 North Carolina community of Greenhill [Haywood County].
Tennessee
Jefferson County
This Greenhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Greenhill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenhill ...
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.
Four Mile Brook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Mile Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Greenhill to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenhill and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Greenhill to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 36 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,621 miles [5,827.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5642, Longitude: -62.8048
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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 Greenhill 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 . 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.
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If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
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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.
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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 Greenhill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.319 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.822 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.784 degrees.