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 Arlington Heights:
27.978000, -82.461500
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 Arlington 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nineteen communities that are also named Arlington Heights.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Arlington Heights.
Beyond Florida, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Florida ...
Duval County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Arlington Heights [Duval County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Arlington Heights is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,151 miles [3,461.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Arlington Heights.
Connecticut
New Haven County
Although located in New Haven County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Arlington Heights.
Illinois
Cook County
This Arlington Heights is located in Cook County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Arlington Heights.
Sangamon County
This Arlington Heights is located in Sangamon County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km] to the north northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Arlington Heights.
Kansas
Shawnee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Arlington Heights [Shawnee County].
Kentucky
Franklin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Arlington Heights [Franklin County].
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Arlington Heights is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Arlington Heights.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Arlington Heights is located in Hamilton County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<2> to the north of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Arlington Heights.
Trumbull County
This Arlington Heights is located in Trumbull County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the north of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Arlington Heights.
Washington County
This Arlington Heights is located in Washington County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the north of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Arlington Heights.
Pennsylvania
Monroe County
This Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Arlington Heights.
Texas
Harris County
This Arlington Heights is located in Harris County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Arlington Heights.
Nueces County
This Arlington Heights is located in Nueces County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the west of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Arlington Heights.
Tarrant County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Arlington Heights [Tarrant County].
Utah
Weber County
This Arlington Heights is located in Weber County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Arlington Heights.
Virginia
Arlington County
This Arlington Heights is located in Arlington County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Arlington Heights.
Lynchburg City
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Arlington Heights [Lynchburg City].
Washington
Snohomish County
This Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<2> to the northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Arlington Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arlington 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arlington Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arlington Heights and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Arlington Heights to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 815 miles [1,311.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Arlington 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.
<2>
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 from Point A (ie- Arlington Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Arlington 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 Arlington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9780, Longitude: -82.4615 In this case, the coordinates for Arlington Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.832 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.234 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.886 degrees.