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we pass this GPS location for Knollwood:
37.257081, -80.006705
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We found 31 communities that share the name Knollwood.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Knollwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Knollwood is located in Albemarle County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Knollwood.
Botetourt County
This Knollwood is located in Botetourt County and lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Knollwood.
Hanover County
This Knollwood is located in Hanover County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Knollwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Knollwood is located in Elmore County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Knollwood.
Montgomery County
This Knollwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Knollwood.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Knollwood is located in Middlesex County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Knollwood.
Georgia
Clayton County
This Knollwood is located in Clayton County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Knollwood.
Gwinnett County
This Knollwood is located in Gwinnett County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Knollwood.
Illinois
Lake County
This Knollwood is located in Lake County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Knollwood.
Sangamon County
This Knollwood is located in Sangamon County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Knollwood.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Knollwood is located in Baltimore County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Knollwood.
Harford County
This Knollwood is located in Harford County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Knollwood.
Howard County
This Knollwood is located in Howard County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Knollwood.
Montgomery County
This Knollwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Knollwood.
Prince George's County
This Knollwood is located in Prince George's County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Knollwood.
New Jersey
Camden 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 New Jersey community of Knollwood [Camden County].
Morris County
This Knollwood is located in Morris County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Knollwood.
North Carolina
Alamance County
This Knollwood is located in Alamance County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Knollwood.
Buncombe County
This Knollwood is located in Buncombe County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Knollwood.
Moore County
This Knollwood is located in Moore County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Knollwood.
Union County
This Knollwood is located in Union County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Knollwood.
Wake County
This Knollwood is located in Wake County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Knollwood.
Wilkes County
This Knollwood is located in Wilkes County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Knollwood.
Ohio
Greene County
This Knollwood is located in Greene County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Knollwood.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Knollwood is located in Greenville County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Knollwood.
Richland County
This Knollwood is located in Richland County and lies 233 miles [375 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Knollwood.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Knollwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Knollwood.
Montgomery County
This Knollwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Knollwood.
Texas
Grayson County
This Knollwood is located in Grayson County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Knollwood.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Knollwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,720 miles [2,768.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Knollwood.
West Virginia
Kanawha County
This Knollwood is located in Kanawha County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Knollwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knollwood ...
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.
Castle Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Knollwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knollwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Knollwood to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 197 miles [317 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knollwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knollwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2571, Longitude: -80.0067 In this case, the coordinates for Knollwood 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 Knollwood 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 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 Knollwood 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 309.711 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.266 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.534 degrees.