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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sugar Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar 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 Sugar Hill:
    • 41.243117, -78.877810
    • 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 Sugar 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 Sugar Hill ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Sugar Hill.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Sugar Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Washington County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Washington County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sugar Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Washington 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 Arkansas community of Sugar Hill [Washington County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow 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 Georgia community of Sugar Hill [Bartow County].
      • Dooly County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dooly County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Fannin County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Fannin County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Hall County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hall County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km] to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Aroostook County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Montgomery County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Grafton County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New York
      • Schuyler 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 New York community of Sugar Hill [Schuyler County].
    • North Carolina
      • McDowell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Scotland County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Scotland County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the south of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Sugar Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the south of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Dorchester County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the south of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Oconee County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Oconee County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the south southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hardeman County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Perry County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Perry County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Texas
      • Panola 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 Texas community of Sugar Hill [Panola County].
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Campbell County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the south of the Sugar Hill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Sugar Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar 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.

  • Blowtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowtown
    • Blowtown is located in Jefferson County
  • Cartwright
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Cartwright is located in Elk County
  • Deemers Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deemers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemers Crossroads
    • Deemers Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
  • Egypt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
  • Erie Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
    • Erie Junction is located in Jefferson County
  • Falls Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
    • Falls Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Creek <5>
  • Harveys Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
    • Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
  • Lake City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lanes Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
    • Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
  • Red Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
    • Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Rockdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
  • Sandy Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
    • Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County

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

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

  • Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sugar Hill to Brookville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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- Sugar Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sugar Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2431, Longitude: -78.8778       In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sugar 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>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 Sugar Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sugar 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 308.849 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.89 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.614 degrees.









 

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