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 Newport Heights:
33.619188, -117.923391
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 Newport 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Newport Heights.
Within California, the name Newport Heights is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Newport Heights is located in New Castle County and lies 2,359 miles [3,796.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Newport Heights that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Newport Heights.
Oregon
Lincoln County
This Newport Heights is located in Lincoln County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Newport Heights that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Newport Heights.
Utah
Davis County
This Newport Heights is located in Davis County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Newport Heights that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Newport Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newport 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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newport Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newport Heights and extending to:
Santa Ana, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Newport Heights to Santa Ana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,286 miles [3,679 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 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 8,356 miles [13,447.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Newport Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Newport Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6192, Longitude: -117.9234 In this case, the coordinates for Newport Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.911 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.714 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.439 degrees.