Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Western Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Western Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Western Hills
- 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 Western Hills:
- 37.247359, -80.010871
- 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 Western 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Western Hills is near Roanoke City and also Salem City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- eBird sighting report for Salem City
- 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 Western Hills ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Western Hills.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Western Hills.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Petersburg City
- This Western Hills is located in Petersburg City and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Western Hills.
- Petersburg City
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Western Hills [Mobile County].
- Montgomery County
- This Western Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Western Hills.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Western Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km] to the west southwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Western Hills.
- Colorado
- Adams County
- This Western Hills is located in Adams County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Western Hills.
- Indiana
- Posey 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 Western Hills [Posey County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Western Hills [Caddo Parish].
- Ouachita Parish
- This Western Hills is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Western Hills.
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- This Western Hills is located in Hinds County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Western Hills.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of Western Hills [Buncombe County].
- Lee County
- This Western Hills is located in Lee County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Western Hills.
- Ohio
- Clark 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 Ohio community of Western Hills [Clark County].
- Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Western Hills [Hamilton County].
- Washington County
- This Western Hills is located in Washington County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Western Hills.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Western Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Western Hills that is located in Roanoke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Western Hills.
- Wyoming
- Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Western Hills [Laramie County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Western 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.
- Castle Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Castle Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Castle Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Cave Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cherry Hill is located in Roanoke City
- Cliffview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Crescent Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
- Crescent Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Crest Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Hill
- Crest Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Foxwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Greenland Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Hills
- Greenland Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Hickory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hidden Valley Court
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Court
- Hidden Valley Court is located in Roanoke County
- Highfields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfields
- Highfields is located in Roanoke County
- Homeplace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Homewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Lemon Dell
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Dell
- Lemon Dell is located in Roanoke City
- Meadowlark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Meadowlark is located in Roanoke County
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke City
- Orchard Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Court
- Orchard Court is located in Salem City
- Peakwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peakwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
- Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Rosecrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Scenic Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Scenic Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Springlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlawn
- Springlawn is located in Roanoke County
- Sugar Loaf Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Farms
- Sugar Loaf Farms is located in Roanoke County
- Sugar Loaf Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Highlands
- Sugar Loaf Highlands is located in Roanoke County
- Sugar Loaf Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Hills
- Sugar Loaf Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Virginia Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Virginia Heights is located in Roanoke City
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hidden Valley Court
How Far From Western 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 Western Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Western Hills and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Western Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Western Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Roanoke County: www.roanokecountyva.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Western Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Western Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2474, Longitude: -80.0109 In this case, the coordinates for Western Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Western 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> | 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 Western 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 309.714 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.268 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.539 degrees. |