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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 Hilltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hilltown 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 Hilltown:
    • 41.770366, -75.178227
    • 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 Hilltown
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Hilltown is near Sullivan County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Hilltown

Communities Also Named Hilltown ...

We found nine communities that are also named Hilltown.

There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Hilltown.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Adams County
      • This Hilltown is located in Adams County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hilltown.
    • Bucks 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 Hilltown [Bucks County].
    • Lawrence 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 Hilltown [Lawrence County].
    • Lehigh County
      • This Hilltown is located in Lehigh County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Hilltown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jennings County
      • This Hilltown is located in Jennings County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of Hilltown.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Hilltown is located in Morris County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Hilltown.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Hilltown lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
    • Ohio
      • Portage 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 Ohio community of Hilltown [Portage County].
    • Virginia
      • Grayson County
      • This Hilltown is located in Grayson County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hilltown that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Hilltown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hilltown ...

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.

  • Basket
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Basket is located in Sullivan County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
  • Cold Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Damascus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fallsdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fallsdale is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsdale
  • High Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • High Lake is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
  • Long Eddy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lordville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lordville is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordville
  • Pea Brook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pea Brook is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
  • Pine Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Mill is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mill
  • Priceville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Priceville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
  • Stalker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stalker is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker

How Far From Hilltown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hilltown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hilltown to Honesdale, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,288 miles [6,900.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hilltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Hilltown 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>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 Hilltown, 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>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 Hilltown 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 Hilltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7704, Longitude: -75.1782       In this case, the coordinates for Hilltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.535 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.357 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.711 degrees.