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Communities Also Named Greenhill ...

We found seven communities that share the name Greenhill.

There are two communities within Nova Scotia that are also named Greenhill.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, three are located in Canada and four are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Greenhill #1
      • This Greenhill lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • The profile page for Greenhill #2
      • This Greenhill lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Greenhill is located in Madison County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Greenhill.
    • Maryland
      • Somerset County
      • This Greenhill is located in Somerset County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Greenhill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Greenhill lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood 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 Greenhill [Haywood County].
    • Tennessee
      • Jefferson County
      • This Greenhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Greenhill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenhill ...

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.

  • Blue Sac Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cross Roads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Diligent River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diligent River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diligent River
  • Gilbert Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mountain
  • Halfway River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lower Five Islands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lower Five Islands. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Five Islands
  • Lynn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Moose River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Scots Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scots Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scots Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scots Bay <5>
  • Two Islands
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Islands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Islands

How Far From Greenhill 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 Greenhill to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Greenhill to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,690 miles [5,938.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3846, Longitude: -64.2632    
<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 Greenhill 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Greenhill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.26 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.833 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.618 degrees.









 

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