Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Hill
- 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 Fort Hill:
- 45.060669, -123.555387
- 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 Fort 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Fort Hill is near Yamhill County and also Tillamook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- eBird sighting report for Tillamook 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fort Hill ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Fort Hill.
Within Oregon, the name Fort Hill is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Genesee County
- This Fort Hill is located in Genesee County and lies 2,237 miles [3,600.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Fort Hill.
- Ontario County
- This Fort Hill is located in Ontario County and lies 2,283 miles [3,674.1 km] to the east northeast of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Fort Hill.
- Suffolk County
- This Fort Hill is located in Suffolk County and lies 2,509 miles [4,037.8 km] to the east of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Fort Hill.
- Wayne County
- This Fort Hill is located in Wayne County and lies 2,294 miles [3,691.8 km] to the east northeast of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Fort Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Fort Hill [Montgomery County].
- Somerset County
- This Fort Hill is located in Somerset County and lies 2,256 miles [3,630.7 km]<2> to the east of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fort Hill.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Caroline 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 Virginia community of Fort Hill [Caroline County].
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fort Hill [Henrico County].
- Lynchburg City
- This Fort Hill is located in Lynchburg City and lies 2,333 miles [3,754.6 km]<2> to the east of the Fort Hill that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Fort Hill.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort 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.
- Ellendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Ellendale is located in Polk County
- Falls City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <4>
- Four Cabin Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Cabin Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Cabin Corner
- Four Cabin Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Gold Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Gold Creek is located in Polk County
- Happy Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Happy Hollow is located in Tillamook County
- Salt Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Salt Creek is located in Polk County
- Tucker ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Valley Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Polk County
How Far From Fort 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 Fort Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Hill and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Hill to Dallas, 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.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,720 miles [12,424.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.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 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 Fort 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0607, Longitude: -123.5554 In this case, the coordinates for Fort 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 Fort 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 Fort 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 341.756 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.336 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.717 degrees. |