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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 Highland Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Highland Hills:
    • 36.738193, -78.883065
    • 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 Highland Hills
  • 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 Highland Hills ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Highland Hills.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Highland Hills.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesterfield County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Chesterfield County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Highland Hills.
    • Radford City
      • This Highland Hills is located in Radford City and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of Highland Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Bibb County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Highland Hills.
      • Fayette County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Fayette County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the west southwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Highland Hills.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • This Highland Hills is located in DuPage County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Highland Hills.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Highland Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Highland Hills.
    • New York
      • Saratoga County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Saratoga County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Highland Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Henderson County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Highland Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Highland Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Greene County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Highland Hills.
      • Loudon County
      • This Highland Hills is located in Loudon County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km] to the west of the Highland Hills that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Highland Hills.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Highland Hills [Bexar County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland 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.

  • Centerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Halifax County
  • Clays Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clays Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
    • Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
  • Five Forks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in Halifax County
  • Marsailles ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsailles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsailles
    • Marsailles is located in Halifax County
  • Mountain Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Road have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
    • Mountain Road is located in Halifax County
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Piney Grove is located in Halifax County
  • Wolf Trap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Trap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Trap
    • Wolf Trap is located in Halifax County
  • Woodlawn Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
    • Woodlawn Park is located in Halifax County

How Far From Highland Hills 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 Highland Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Hills and extending to:

  • Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Hills. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7382, Longitude: -78.8831       In this case, the coordinates for Highland 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Highland 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 Highland 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 309.067 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.454 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.25 degrees.




 

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