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 Sharon Heights:
37.428333, -122.207222
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 Sharon 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 San Mateo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Sharon Heights.
Within California, the name Sharon Heights is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Fayette County
This Sharon Heights is located in Fayette County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sharon Heights that is located in San Mateo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Sharon Heights.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Sharon Heights is located in Norfolk County and lies 2,686 miles [4,322.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sharon Heights that is located in San Mateo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Sharon Heights.
Ohio
Franklin County
Although located in Franklin County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Sharon Heights.
West Virginia
Mingo County
This Sharon Heights is located in Mingo County and lies 2,187 miles [3,519.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sharon Heights that is located in San Mateo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of Sharon Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharon 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 & 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 Sharon Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharon Heights and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sharon Heights to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 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 8,200 miles [13,196.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharon 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.
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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 Sharon 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 Sharon Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4283, Longitude: -122.2072 In this case, the coordinates for Sharon Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.987 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.878 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.034 degrees.