Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Hill View Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill View Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hill View Heights

• 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 Hill View Heights:
  • 43.825811, -104.159939
  • 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.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Hill View Heights

• 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 Weston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Weston County
  • Since Hill View Heights is near Pennington County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County

• 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Hill View Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill View Heights ...

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.

• Clay Spur
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay Spur is located in Weston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Spur
• Copper Camp ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper Camp is located in Pennington County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
• Dewey
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Dewey is located in Custer County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
• Four Corners
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Four Corners is located in Weston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Corners <1>
• Fourmile
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Fourmile is located in Custer County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
  • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
• Jerome
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jerome is located in Weston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
• Junction Ranger Station
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Junction Ranger Station is located in Custer County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranger Station
• Moon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moon is located in Pennington County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
• Skull Creek
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Skull Creek is located in Weston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Creek

How Far From Hill View Heights to ...

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 Hill View Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hill View Heights and extending to:

• Newcastle, which is the Seat of Weston County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hill View Heights to Cheyenne, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,439 miles [2,315.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'