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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Highlands and the surrounding area.
- 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 West Highlands:
- 34.139455, -117.231430
- 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 West Highlands
- 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 Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since West Highlands is near Riverside County and also Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for West Highlands
Communities Also Named West Highlands ...
We found five communities that are also named West Highlands.
Within California, the name West Highlands is unique.
Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This West Highlands is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the east of the West Highlands that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of West Highlands.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This West Highlands is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km]<1> to the east of the West Highlands that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of West Highlands.
- Georgia
- Bibb 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 Georgia community of West Highlands [Bibb County].
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- This West Highlands is located in Forsyth County and lies 2,079 miles [3,345.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Highlands that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of West Highlands.
- Washington
- Benton County
- This West Highlands is located in Benton County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the north of the West Highlands that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of West Highlands.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Highlands ...
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.
- Amber Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Amber Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Hills
- Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Cottage Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Gardens is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Gardens
- Crown Jewel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crown Jewel is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Jewel
- Garden Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Park is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Harlem Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harlem Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marigold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sunkist
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunkist is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist
- Valley Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Gardens is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Gardens
- Warm Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
How Far From West Highlands 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 West Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Highlands and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from West Highlands to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,538 miles [12,131.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,306 miles [13,367.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 West Highlands 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 West Highlands 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 West Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1395, Longitude: -117.2314 In this case, the coordinates for West Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.049 degrees. |
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