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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 Rolling Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling 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 Rolling Hills:
    • 38.514600, -77.548600
    • 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 Rolling 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
    • Since Rolling Hills is near Fauquier County and also Prince William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William 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 Rolling Hills

Communities Also Named Rolling Hills ...

We found 55 communities that are also named Rolling Hills.

There are five communities within Virginia that are also named Rolling Hills.

Beyond Virginia, we know of 50 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 50 communities, 54 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Chesterfield County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Chesterfield County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Rolling Hills [Fairfax County].
    • Frederick County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Montgomery County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Salem City
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Salem City and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Rolling Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Morgan County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Morgan County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Russell County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Russell County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km] to the southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Alberta
      • This Rolling Hills lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Faulkner County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Pulaski County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Rolling Hills.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Madera County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Madera County and lies 2,290 miles [3,685.4 km] to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Riverside 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 California community of Rolling Hills [Riverside County].
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Tuolumne County and lies 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km] to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder 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 Colorado community of Rolling Hills [Boulder County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,473 miles [2,370.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of Rolling Hills [Duval County].
      • Marion County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Marion County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Polk County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Polk County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the south southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Douglas County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Douglas County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Allen County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Clark County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Clark County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km] to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Grant 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 Indiana community of Rolling Hills [Grant County].
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Carroll County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Charles County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Charles County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the east of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Frederick County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Worcester County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Worcester County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the east of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Rolling Hills.
    • New York
      • Monroe 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 York community of Rolling Hills [Monroe County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Rowan County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Union County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Union County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Wake County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Wake County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Athens County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks 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 Rolling Hills [Berks County].
      • Lehigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rolling Hills [Lehigh County].
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Hamblen County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Hamblen County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Lincoln County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Lincoln County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Marshall County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Marshall County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Washington County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Washington County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Texas
      • Hunt 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 Rolling Hills [Hunt County].
      • Potter County
      • Although located in Potter County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Waller County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Waller County and lies 1,197 miles [1,926.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Rolling Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Cabell County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west southwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Rolling Hills.
      • Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Rolling Hills [Kanawha County].
      • Wood County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Wood County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Rolling Hills.
    • Wyoming
      • Converse County
      • This Rolling Hills is located in Converse County and lies 1,504 miles [2,420.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Hills that is located in Stafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Converse County community of Rolling Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling 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.

  • Apple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Apple Grove is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Cool River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cool River is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool River
  • Davids Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Davids Crossroads is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davids Crossroads
  • Deep Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Run is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
  • Eagles Nest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Hunters Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters Pond is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pond
  • Ivyglen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ivyglen is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyglen
  • Kings Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Crest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crest
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lake Arrowhead is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
  • Mountainview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountainview is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
  • Red Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Red Hill is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Rosedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rosedale is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Roseville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Roseville is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Roseville Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Roseville Heights is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Heights
    • Ruby
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ruby is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Seven Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Seven Lakes is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
    • Skidmore Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Skidmore Corner is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Corner
    • Skyline Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Skyline Hills is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
    • Skywoods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Skywoods is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skywoods
    • Walnut Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge

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

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

  • Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Hills to Stafford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two 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 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 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- Rolling Hills) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rolling 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>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 Rolling 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 Rolling Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5146, Longitude: -77.5486       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.214 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.749 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.074 degrees.