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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 Westover Hills:
36.303717, -82.400697
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We found ten communities that share the name Westover Hills.
Within Tennessee, the name Westover Hills is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Westover Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Westover Hills.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Westover Hills is located in Wicomico County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Westover Hills.
Texas
Tarrant County
This Westover Hills is located in Tarrant County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the west of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Westover Hills.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This Westover Hills is located in Albemarle County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Westover Hills.
Augusta County
This Westover Hills is located in Augusta County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Westover Hills.
Danville City
This Westover Hills is located in Danville City and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Westover Hills.
Greensville County
This Westover Hills is located in Greensville County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km] to the east of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greensville County community of Westover Hills.
Montgomery County
This Westover Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the east northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Westover Hills.
Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Westover Hills [Pittsylvania County].
Richmond City
This Westover Hills is located in Richmond City and lies 283 miles [455.4 km] to the east northeast of the Westover Hills that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Westover Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westover Hills ...
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.
Camelot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Westover Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westover Hills and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Westover Hills to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Westover Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westover Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3037, Longitude: -82.4007 In this case, the coordinates for Westover Hills 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 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 Westover Hills 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>
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>
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.
<5>
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 Westover Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.138 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.76 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.812 degrees.