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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 Hill Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill Crest 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 Hill Crest:
    • 39.190104, -78.218891
    • 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 Hill Crest
  • 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Since Hill Crest is near Winchester City and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winchester City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Hill Crest

Communities Also Named Hill Crest ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hill Crest.

Within Virginia, the name Hill Crest is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Hill Crest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hill Crest that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hill Crest.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Hill Crest [Montgomery County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Hill Crest [Saint Louis County].
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This Hill Crest is located in Moore County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hill Crest that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Hill Crest.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Pennsylvania community of Hill Crest [Fayette County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hill Crest that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hill Crest.
    • Texas
      • Brazos 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 Hill Crest [Brazos County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill Crest ...

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.

  • Bufflick Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bufflick Heights is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufflick Heights
  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Chambersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chambersville is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Green Acres is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hayfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayfield is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
  • Heritage Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Indian Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hollow is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hollow
  • Indian Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Lake is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Rolling Fields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Fields is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
  • Round Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Round Hill is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Stonewall Orchard
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stonewall Orchard is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Orchard
    • Sunnyside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyside is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Woodchuck Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Woodchuck Heights is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodchuck Heights

How Far From Hill Crest 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 Hill Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hill Crest to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hill Crest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hill Crest 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>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 Hill Crest 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 Hill Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1901, Longitude: -78.2189       In this case, the coordinates for Hill Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.574 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.262 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.105 degrees.