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we pass this GPS location for Westover Hills:
37.525980, -77.491374
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We found ten communities that are also named Westover Hills.
There are six communities within Virginia that are also named Westover Hills.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Westover Hills is located in Albemarle County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Westover Hills.
Augusta County
This Westover Hills is located in Augusta County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Westover Hills.
Danville City
This Westover Hills is located in Danville City and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Westover Hills.
Greensville County
This Westover Hills is located in Greensville County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greensville County community of Westover Hills.
Montgomery County
This Westover Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Westover Hills.
Pittsylvania 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 Westover Hills [Pittsylvania County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Westover Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Westover Hills.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Westover Hills is located in Wicomico County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Westover Hills.
Tennessee
Washington County
This Westover Hills is located in Washington County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Westover Hills.
Texas
Tarrant County
This Westover Hills is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Westover Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westover 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, 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 Westover Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westover Hills and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Westover Hills to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westover 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 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 Westover 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 Westover 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 Westover Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5260, Longitude: -77.4914 In this case, the coordinates for Westover Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.231 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.618 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.415 degrees.