It is within an easy drive to Stanfield International Airport in Halifax and also to ferry terminals offering daily service to the northeastern United States and Saint John, New Brunswick.
The community is home to people from both Europe and the United States as well as to residents who have moved from other parts of Canada in search of a favourable climate and growing conditions, especially for fruits and vegetables.
With close proximity to both the Bay of Fundy, which insures its temperate climate, and the classic Canadian lakes and forests of Nova Scotia's Kejimkujic National Park, Round Hill offers a variety of beautiful landscapes and opportunities for outdoor activities and sightseeing.
The woods still contain examples of the original Acadian forest with stands of hemlock, eastern white pine, sugar maple and other trees which provide habitat for the area's rich wildlife.
[1] Earlier names for Round Hill include Pré Ronde (French, meaning 'round meadow' for its situation in a horseshoe bend in the Annapolis River) and Rosette, the nickname of an Acadian settler.