RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Province of Nova Scotia >> Pleasant Hills >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Communities Also Named Pleasant Hills ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Pleasant Hills.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Pleasant Hills is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Stone 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 Arkansas community of Pleasant Hills [Stone County].
    • California
      • Contra Costa 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 California community of Pleasant Hills [Contra Costa County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Oconee County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Oconee County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Pleasant Hills.
      • Paulding County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Paulding County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Pleasant Hills [Cook County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,790 miles [2,880.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Harford County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Davidson County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Allegheny County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Pleasant Hills.
      • Dauphin County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Charleston County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Knox County and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Pleasant Hills.
      • Maury County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County and lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Pleasant Hills.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Pleasant Hills is located in Davis County and lies 2,401 miles [3,864 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Pleasant Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant 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.

  • Bass River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass River
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bass River <4>
  • Cove Road
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Road
  • Economy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
  • Economy Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Economy Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy Point
  • Five Houses
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kings Rest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Rest came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Rest
  • Little Bass River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Bass River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bass River
  • Lower Economy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Upper Economy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)

How Far From Pleasant Hills to ...

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 Pleasant Hills to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 573 miles [922.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Hills to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,088 miles [8,188.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,671 miles [5,907.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

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 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 Pleasant 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 . 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4333, Longitude: -63.8619    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Pleasant Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.001 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.555 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.39 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024