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37.200428, -77.391926
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We found 36 communities that share the name Walnut Hill.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Walnut Hill.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Lee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Walnut Hill [Lee County].
Stafford County
This Walnut Hill is located in Stafford County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Walnut Hill.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Limestone County
This Walnut Hill is located in Limestone County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Walnut Hill.
Tallapoosa County
This Walnut Hill is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Walnut Hill.
Arkansas
Benton County
This Walnut Hill is located in Benton County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Walnut Hill.
Lafayette County
This Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Walnut Hill.
Connecticut
New London County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Walnut Hill [New London County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Walnut Hill.
Florida
Escambia County
This Walnut Hill is located in Escambia County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Walnut Hill.
Georgia
Franklin County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Walnut Hill [Franklin County].
Illinois
Marion County
This Walnut Hill is located in Marion County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Walnut Hill.
Indiana
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Walnut Hill [Montgomery County].
Kansas
Bourbon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Walnut Hill [Bourbon County].
Chase 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 Kansas community of Walnut Hill [Chase County].
Kentucky
Allen County
This Walnut Hill is located in Allen County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Walnut Hill.
Fayette County
This Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Walnut Hill.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Walnut Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Walnut Hill.
Vernon Parish
This Walnut Hill is located in Vernon Parish and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Walnut Hill.
Maine
Cumberland County
This Walnut Hill is located in Cumberland County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Walnut Hill.
York County
This Walnut Hill is located in York County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Walnut Hill.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Walnut Hill is located in Carroll County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Walnut Hill.
Montgomery County
This Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 133 miles [214 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walnut Hill.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Walnut Hill.
Norfolk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Walnut Hill [Norfolk County].
Nebraska
Douglas County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Walnut Hill [Douglas County].
North Carolina
Ashe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Walnut Hill [Ashe County].
Ohio
Trumbull County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Walnut Hill [Trumbull County].
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Walnut Hill.
Greene County
This Walnut Hill is located in Greene County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Walnut Hill.
Montgomery County
This Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walnut Hill.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Walnut Hill.
Tennessee
Crockett County
This Walnut Hill is located in Crockett County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Walnut Hill.
Hawkins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walnut Hill [Hawkins County].
Roane County
This Walnut Hill is located in Roane County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Walnut Hill.
Sullivan County
This Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Walnut Hill.
West Virginia
Logan County
This Walnut Hill is located in Logan County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Walnut Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut 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.
Camelot (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Walnut Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut Hill and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Walnut Hill to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Walnut 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 . 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2004, Longitude: -77.3919 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Walnut Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Walnut Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.189 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.52 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.493 degrees.