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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 Homeland Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homeland 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 Homeland Hills:
- 37.207916, -79.903092
- 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 Homeland 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Homeland Hills is near Franklin County and also Roanoke City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke 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 Homeland Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homeland 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.
- Cedar Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Chestnut Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Clearbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clearbrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Crescent Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
- Crystal Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Foxfire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foxfire is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Garden City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Hunting Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunting Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Jamestown Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jamestown Place is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Place
- Janette Land
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Janette Land is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janette Land
- Leslie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Leslie is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mayflower Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Hills
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Narrows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Narrows is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Peakwood Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
- River Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- River Edge is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woods Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woods Crossing is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Yellowstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowstone is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
How Far From Homeland 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 Homeland Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Homeland Hills and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Homeland Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Homeland Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Homeland 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 Homeland Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2079, Longitude: -79.9031 In this case, the coordinates for Homeland Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.651 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.191 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.507 degrees. |
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