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In the past Castle Hill was serviced by the Rogans Hill railway line to Parramatta to take the rural area's produce to the city. However, it was closed in 1932, due to competition with buses, trucks and cars. Local landmarks include: Castle Hill House (circa 1844) on Old Northern Road, which has a local-government heritage listing; [11]
Castle Hill (Virginia) is an historic, privately owned, 600-acre (243 ha) plantation located at the foot of the Southwest Mountains in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Monticello and the city of Charlottesville, and is recognized by the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
The Donkin Heritage Trail is a 5 km self-guided walking trail along the old hill of central Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The Donkin Heritage Trail is named after the acting Governor of the Cape Colony, Rufane Shaw Donkin. [1] The trail links 51 places of historical interest and showcases settler history from as early as 1820.
Moderate hiking trail 1.5 miles Castle Trail Easy trail 0.4 miles Cedar Trail Moderate hiking trail 0.2 miles Colosseum Trail Rugged hiking trail 0.6 miles Dell Rim Trail Moderate hiking trail 0.3 miles Devil's Kitchen Trail Rugged hiking trail 1.3 miles Island Trail Rugged hiking trail 0.4 miles Oak Woodland Interpretive Trail Easy hiking trail
When Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state in 1959, Castle Hill was the location where the first 49-star U.S. flag in Alaska was raised, though the ceremony was unofficial and secret. [7] The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962 [ 2 ] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. [ 5 ]
The park is named after a sandstone formation called Castle Rock. The forest here is lush and mossy, crisscrossed by 32 miles (51 km) of hiking trails. These trails are part of an even more extensive trail system that links the Santa Clara and San Lorenzo valleys with Castle Rock State Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, and the Pacific Coast.
Castle Hill is a census-designated place [3] in Contra Costa County, California. Castle Hill sits at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m). Castle Hill sits at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m). The 2010 United States census reported Castle Hill's population was 1,299.
The Schlossberg (German for 'Castle Hill') is a tree-covered hill of 456 metres (1,496 ft) located in the area of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is directly to the east of Freiburg's Old Town and is part of the Black Forest. The main geological fault is at the western edge of the Schlossberg, towards the Upper Rhine Graben.