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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 Beverly Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly Hill and the surrounding area.
- 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 Beverly Hill:
- 33.069285, -96.489710
- 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 Beverly 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 Collin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Since Beverly Hill is near Dallas County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Beverly Hill
Communities Also Named Beverly Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Beverly Hill.
Within Texas, the name Beverly Hill is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Beverly Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Porter County
- This Beverly Hill is located in Porter County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beverly Hill that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Beverly Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly 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.
- Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Branch is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Clear Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Copeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Grove is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Liberty Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Little Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Ridge is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Ridge
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Murphy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trinity Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Park is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Park
How Far From Beverly 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 Beverly Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beverly Hill and extending to:
- McKinney, which is the Seat of Collin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beverly Hill to McKinney, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Beverly Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Beverly Hill 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 Beverly Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0693, Longitude: -96.4897 In this case, the coordinates for Beverly Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.772 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.488 degrees. |
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