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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 Lake Hills:
47.613433, -122.121511
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We found seven communities that share the name Lake Hills.
Within Washington, the name Lake Hills is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Lake County
This Lake Hills is located in Lake County and lies 1,742 miles [2,803.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lake Hills.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Lake Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 2,300 miles [3,701.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lake Hills.
Tennessee
Coffee County
This Lake Hills is located in Coffee County and lies 2,016 miles [3,244.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Lake Hills.
Hamilton County
This Lake Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km] to the east southeast of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Lake Hills.
Utah
Davis County
This Lake Hills is located in Davis County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lake Hills.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This Lake Hills is located in Albemarle County and lies 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Hills that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Lake Hills.
Fairfax 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 Lake Hills [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake 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.
Boddy (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boddy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Lake Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Hills and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Hills to Seattle, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6134, Longitude: -122.1215 In this case, the coordinates for Lake 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 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 Lake 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 Lake 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 340.699 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.227 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.62 degrees.