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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Walnut Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut 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 Walnut Hills:
    • 37.262091, -76.728013
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Walnut Hills
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Walnut Hills ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Walnut Hills.

Within Virginia, the name Walnut Hills is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Walnut Hills [Arapahoe County].
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Charles County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the north.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Walnut Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • New Hanover County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Wake County
      • Although located in Wake County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Clark County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Jackson 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 Ohio community of Walnut Hills [Jackson County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Stark County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Stark County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Walnut Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Sumter County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Davidson County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Walnut Hills.
      • Williamson County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • Although located in Potter County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Walnut Hills.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Walnut Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Walnut Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut 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.

  • Five Forks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Five Forks is located in James City County
  • Greensprings
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensprings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensprings
    • Greensprings is located in York County
  • Hollybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
    • Hollybrook is located in James City County
  • Indigo Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indigo Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Terrace
    • Indigo Terrace is located in James City County
  • Jamestown Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Farms
    • Jamestown Farms is located in James City County
  • Kingspoint
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingspoint have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingspoint
    • Kingspoint is located in James City County
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingswood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
    • Kingswood is located in James City County
  • Rich Neck Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Neck Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck Heights
    • Rich Neck Heights is located in Williamsburg City
  • Steeple Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeple Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple Chase
    • Steeple Chase is located in James City County

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Walnut Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,953 miles [9,580.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 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 Walnut 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.
<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 Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2621, Longitude: -76.7280       In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.804 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.091 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.206 degrees.




 

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