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 Westview Heights:
41.535374, -73.094276
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 Westview 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 New Haven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Westview Heights.
Within Connecticut, the name Westview Heights is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
This Westview Heights is located in Lawrence County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the west of the Westview Heights that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Westview Heights.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Westview Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Westview Heights that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Westview Heights.
Spartanburg County
This Westview Heights is located in Spartanburg County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km] to the southwest of the Westview Heights that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Westview Heights.
Tennessee
Bradley County
This Westview Heights is located in Bradley County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Westview Heights that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Westview Heights.
Texas
Hidalgo County
This Westview Heights is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,782 miles [2,867.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Westview Heights that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Westview Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westview 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 Westview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westview Heights and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Westview Heights to Hartford, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,622 miles [9,047.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,206 miles [6,768.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westview Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Westview 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 Westview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5354, Longitude: -73.0943 In this case, the coordinates for Westview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.305 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.932 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.885 degrees.