Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in College Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for College 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 College Hill:
- 37.409309, -79.152524
- 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 College Hill
- 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 College Hill ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name College Hill.
Within Virginia, the name College Hill is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This College Hill is located in Columbia County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of College Hill.
- Florida
- College Hill #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=37.409309&lon=-79.152524&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for College Hill.
- Indiana
- Cass 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 Indiana community of College Hill [Cass County].
- Kansas
- Cowley 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 Kansas community of College Hill [Cowley County].
- Kentucky
- Madison County
- This College Hill is located in Madison County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of College Hill.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of College Hill [Middlesex County].
- Worcester County
- This College Hill is located in Worcester County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of College Hill.
- Mississippi
- Lafayette County
- This College Hill is located in Lafayette County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of College Hill.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This College Hill is located in Saint Louis County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of College Hill.
- Ohio
- Athens 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 Ohio community of College Hill [Athens County].
- Guernsey County
- This College Hill is located in Guernsey County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of College Hill.
- Hamilton County
- This College Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of College Hill.
- Knox County
- This College Hill is located in Knox County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of College Hill.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This College Hill is located in Lane County and lies 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of College Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This College Hill is located in Beaver County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of College Hill.
- Tennessee
- Rhea County
- This College Hill is located in Rhea County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of College Hill.
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This College Hill is located in Bowie County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of College Hill.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near College 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.
- Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Court House Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Court House Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Court House Hill
- Court House Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Daniels Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Hill
- Daniels Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Diamond Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Diamond Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Federal Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- 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 Lynchburg City
- Keystone Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Forest
- Keystone Forest is located in Lynchburg City
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Long Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
- Long Meadows is located in Lynchburg City
- Lynchburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,561 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <4>
- Merry Moor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merry Moor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Moor
- Merry Moor is located in Amherst County
- Panorama Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Panorama Hills is located in Lynchburg City
- Peakland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Sandy Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Sandy Bottom is located in Amherst County
- Three Fountains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Fountains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Fountains
- Three Fountains is located in Lynchburg City
How Far From College 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 College Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in College Hill and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from College Hill to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for College Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- College Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in College Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4093, Longitude: -79.1525 In this case, the coordinates for College Hill 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 College 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 . 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 College 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 309.204 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.71 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.132 degrees. |