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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 Chapel Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel Hills 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 Chapel Hills:
- 38.068193, -78.476400
- 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 Chapel Hills
- 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 Albemarle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albemarle County
- Since Chapel Hills is near Charlottesville City and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlottesville City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Chapel Hills
Communities Also Named Chapel Hills ...
We found two communities that are also named Chapel Hills.
Within Virginia, the name Chapel Hills is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Chapel Hills [El Paso County].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Chapel Hills is located in Harford County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Chapel Hills that is located in Albemarle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Chapel Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel 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.
- Barracks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Barracks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
- Branchland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Branchland is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchland
- Charlottesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fieldbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fieldbrook is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldbrook
- Four Seasons
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Greenfields
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenfields is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfields
- Hydraulic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Ivy Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy Farms is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Farms
- Ivy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ivy Ridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Ridge
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Pen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pen Park is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Queen Charlotte
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Queen Charlotte is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Charlotte
- Raintree
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Raintree is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Riverrun
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverrun is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverrun
- Rockbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockbrook is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Squire Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Squire Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squire Hill
- Village Square
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Village Square is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
- Vinegar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Willow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights
How Far From Chapel Hills 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 Chapel Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapel Hills and extending to:
- Charlottesville, which is the Seat of Albemarle County, lies just to the South.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Chapel Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,994 miles [9,646.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,576 miles [7,364.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Chapel 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapel Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Chapel Hills 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 Chapel Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0682, Longitude: -78.4764 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.782 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.328 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.623 degrees. |
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