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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 North College Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North College Hill and the surrounding area.
- 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 North College Hill:
- 39.217836, -84.551056
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on North College Hill
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since North College Hill is near Butler County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for North College Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near North College 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.
- Bevis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bevis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevis
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carthage is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Dry Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Ridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenhills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hartwell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Ivorydale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ivorydale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale
- Ivorydale Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ivorydale Junction is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale Junction
- Lynnview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynnview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview
- Mount Healthy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Roselawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,395 people
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wyoming Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Meadows
How Far From North College 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 city such as North College Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North College Hill and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from North College Hill to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North College Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 North College Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North College Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2178, Longitude: -84.5511 In this case, the coordinates for North College Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.456 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.69 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.887 degrees. |
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