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we pass this GPS location for Virginia Hills:
36.623719, -82.127631
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Waymarking ...
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We found four communities that are also named Virginia Hills.
There are four communities within Virginia that are also named Virginia Hills.
Beyond Virginia.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Danville City
This Virginia Hills is located in Danville City and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Virginia Hills.
Dinwiddie County
This Virginia Hills is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Virginia Hills.
Fairfax County
This Virginia Hills is located in Fairfax County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Virginia Hills.
Washington 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 Virginia Hills [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Virginia 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.
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 Virginia Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Virginia Hills and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Virginia Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 319 miles [513.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Virginia 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Virginia 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 . 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 Virginia 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 Virginia Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6237, Longitude: -82.1276 In this case, the coordinates for Virginia Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.976 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.621 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.606 degrees.