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:
- 41.812878, -71.384500
- 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 Providence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Providence County
- Since Fort Hill is near Bristol County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bristol County
- eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Rhode Island, the name Fort Hill is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, 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 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence 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 298 miles [479.6 km] to the west northwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west southwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence 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 286 miles [460.3 km] to the west northwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Fort Hill.
- Oregon
- 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 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fort Hill.
- 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 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Providence 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.
- Carpenters Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
- Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County
- Christian Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Christian Hill is located in Providence County
- Cork Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Federal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Federal Hill is located in Providence County
- Foxes Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxes Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxes Hill
- Foxes Hill is located in Providence County
- Kent Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Heights
- Kent Heights is located in Providence County
- Leonard Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner
- Leonard Corner is located in Providence County
- Luthers Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luthers Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners
- Luthers Corners is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Providence
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Providence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
- Silver Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
- Silver Spring is located in Providence County
- Six Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Six Corners is located in Providence County
How Far From Fort Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Fort Hill once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Hill and extending to:
- Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 358 miles [576.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Hill to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,539 miles [8,914.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,121 miles [6,632.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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: 41.8129, Longitude: -71.3845 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Fort Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.249 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.788 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.993 degrees. |