Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jackson Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jackson 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 Jackson Heights:
- 30.670468, -88.158058
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jackson 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 Mobile County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- Since Jackson Heights is near Baldwin County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Jackson Heights ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Jackson Heights.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Jackson Heights.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Colbert County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the north of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Jackson Heights.
- Colbert County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Jackson Heights [Pulaski County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Jackson Heights.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Bibb County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Jackson Heights.
- Dougherty County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Dougherty County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Jackson Heights.
- Wilkes County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Wilkes County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Jackson Heights.
- Illinois
- Madison 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 Illinois community of Jackson Heights [Madison County].
- New York
- Queens County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Queens County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Jackson Heights.
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Lenoir County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Jackson Heights.
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Jackson County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Jackson Heights.
- Jefferson County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the north northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jackson Heights.
- Ontario
- This Jackson Heights lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Hamblen County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Jackson Heights.
- Maury County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Maury County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km] to the north of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Jackson Heights.
- Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Jackson Heights [Rutherford County].
- Virginia
- Lynchburg City
- This Jackson Heights is located in Lynchburg City and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Jackson Heights.
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- This Jackson Heights is located in Lewis County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jackson Heights that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Jackson Heights.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson 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.
- Cottage Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cottage Hill is located in Mobile County
- Deerwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Edgefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Park Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Park Forest is located in Mobile County
- Pine Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Regency
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Mobile County
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
- Sunset Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ranch
- Sunset Ranch is located in Mobile County
- Timbers
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Jackson Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jackson Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Heights and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Jackson Heights to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,325 miles [8,569.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jackson Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mobile County: www.mobilecounty.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jackson Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6705, Longitude: -88.1581 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Heights 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Jackson Heights 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 Jackson Heights 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 314.259 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.573 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.373 degrees. |