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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 Richmond Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richmond 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 Richmond Hill:
    • 40.699996, -73.830924
    • 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 Richmond 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 Richmond Hill ...

We found six communities that share the name Richmond Hill.

Within New York, the name Richmond Hill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bryan County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Bryan County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Richmond Hill that is located in Queens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Richmond Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance 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 Richmond Hill [Alamance County].
      • Yadkin County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Richmond Hill that is located in Queens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Richmond Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Richmond Hill lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Richmond Hill that is located in Queens County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna 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 Richmond Hill [Susquehanna County].
    • South Carolina
      • Georgetown County
      • This Richmond Hill is located in Georgetown County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Richmond Hill that is located in Queens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Richmond Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Richmond 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.

  • City Line
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Line have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line
    • City Line is located in Kings County
  • Cypress Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hills
    • Cypress Hills is located in Kings County
  • Flushing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fresh Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Meadows
    • Fresh Meadows is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fresh Meadows <4>
  • Fresh Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fresh Pond Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Pond Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Junction
    • Fresh Pond Junction is located in Queens County
  • Hillside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
    • Hillside is located in Queens County
  • Howard Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Beach
    • Howard Beach is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard Beach <4>
  • Marcus Garvey Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcus Garvey Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village
    • Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County
  • Ozone Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ozone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone Park
    • Ozone Park is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozone Park <4>
  • Queens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Queens Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Terrace Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
    • Terrace Heights is located in Queens County

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

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

  • Jamaica, which is the Seat of Queens County, lies just to the East.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Richmond Hill to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,269 miles [6,870.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.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- Richmond Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7000, Longitude: -73.8309    
<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 Richmond 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>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'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 Richmond Hill 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 305.841 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.40 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.594 degrees.




 

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