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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 Locust Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locust Hill 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 Locust Hill:
    • 38.654567, -77.489108
    • 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 Locust Hill
  • 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
    • Since Locust Hill is near Fauquier County and also Manassas City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manassas 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 Locust Hill

Communities Also Named Locust Hill ...

We found nine communities that are also named Locust Hill.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Locust Hill.

Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Middlesex County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Locust Hill.
    • Wythe County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Wythe County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Locust Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Breckinridge County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Locust Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Locust Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Knox County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Knox County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Locust Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Caswell County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Locust Hill.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Locust Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Locust Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Locust Hill is located in Greenville County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Locust Hill that is located in Prince William County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Locust Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Locust 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.

  • Bloom Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bloom Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Hill
  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Clover Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Combat Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Combat Village is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combat Village
  • Foxridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxridge is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
  • Heritage Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hunters Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hunters Square is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Square
  • Independent Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Independent Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent Hill
  • Kings Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kings Crossroads is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
  • Longview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Longview is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Orangedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Orangedale is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Princedale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Princedale is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princedale
    • Raintree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Raintree is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Ridgedale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ridgedale is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
    • Terrapin Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Terrapin Forest is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Forest
    • Windy Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Windy Hill is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
    • Woodlawn Meadows
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodlawn Meadows is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Meadows

How Far From Locust Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Locust Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Locust Hill to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,509 miles [7,256.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Locust Hill) 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 Locust 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 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 Locust Hill 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 Locust Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6546, Longitude: -77.4891    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.171 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.721 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.996 degrees.