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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 Central Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central 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 Central Hill:
- 36.910705, -76.740514
- 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 Central 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 Isle of Wight County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Isle of Wight County
- Since Central Hill is near Southampton County and also Suffolk City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk City
- 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 Central Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Central 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.
- Comet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Dwight
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dwight is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Foursquare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foursquare is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foursquare
- Isle of Wight
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Longview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longview is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Magnet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Moonlight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moonlight is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight
- Muddy Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Muddy Cross is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Sycamore Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Crossroads is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Crossroads
How Far From Central 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 Central Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Central Hill and extending to:
- Isle of Wight, which is the Seat of Isle of Wight County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Central Hill to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 138 miles [222.1 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Central Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Central 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 Central Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9107, Longitude: -76.7405 In this case, the coordinates for Central Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.829 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.066 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.34 degrees. |
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