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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 High Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High 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 High Hill:
    • 39.832016, -81.765409
    • 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 High 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 High Hill ...

We found seven communities that share the name High Hill.

Within Ohio, the name High Hill is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Osborne 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 Kansas community of High Hill [Osborne County].
    • Mississippi
      • Leake County
      • This High Hill is located in Leake County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the High Hill that is located in Muskingum County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of High Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Montgomery County
      • This High Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the west of the High Hill that is located in Muskingum County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of High Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Hertford County
      • This High Hill is located in Hertford County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the High Hill that is located in Muskingum County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hertford County community of High Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Choctaw County
      • This High Hill is located in Choctaw County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the High Hill that is located in Muskingum County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of High Hill.
    • Texas
      • Fayette County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of High Hill [Fayette County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This High Hill is located in Halifax County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the southeast of the High Hill that is located in Muskingum County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of High Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near High 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.

  • Blue Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chandlersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandlersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlersville
    • Chandlersville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chandlersville <4>
  • Cloud ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloud have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud
    • Cloud is located in Morgan County
  • Coal Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
    • Coal Hill is located in Muskingum County
  • Freeland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
    • Freeland is located in Muskingum County
  • Gaysport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaysport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
    • Gaysport is located in Muskingum County
  • Hunter ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Noble County
  • Museville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Museville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
    • Museville is located in Muskingum County
  • Pierce ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Muskingum County
  • Rich Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
    • Rich Hill is located in Muskingum County
  • Ruraldale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruraldale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruraldale
    • Ruraldale is located in Muskingum County
  • Young Hickory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
    • Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County

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

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

  • Zanesville, which is the Seat of Muskingum County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from High Hill to Zanesville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 High 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.
<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- High Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in High Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8320, Longitude: -81.7654       In this case, the coordinates for High Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about High Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 High Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.706 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.784 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.435 degrees.









 

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