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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 Round Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round 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 Round Hill:
    • 39.192048, -78.231947
    • 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 Round 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Since Round Hill 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 Round Hill

Communities Also Named Round Hill ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Round Hill.

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

Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Loudoun County
      • This Round Hill is located in Loudoun County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Round Hill.
    • Rappahannock County
      • This Round Hill is located in Rappahannock County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rappahannock County community of Round Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Round Hill lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
    • Arkansas
      • Dallas County
      • This Round Hill is located in Dallas County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Round Hill.
    • Colorado
      • Saguache 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 Round Hill [Saguache County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield 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 Connecticut community of Round Hill [Fairfield County].
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Round Hill is located in Madison County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Round Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Round Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Round Hill.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Round Hill is located in Douglas County and lies 2,215 miles [3,564.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Round Hill.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Round Hill lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Round Hill that is located in Frederick County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams 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 Round Hill [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Round 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.

  • 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
  • Hill Crest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hill Crest is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
  • Indian Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sunnyside is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Woodchuck Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Woodchuck Heights is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodchuck Heights

How Far From Round Hill to ...

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 Round Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Round Hill 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 Round Hill 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 67 miles [107.8 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 '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- Round 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 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 Round 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 Round 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 Round Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1920, Longitude: -78.2319       In this case, the coordinates for Round Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.582 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.271 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.11 degrees.