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 Friendship Heights:
27.882100, -82.487600
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.
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 four communities that share the name Friendship Heights.
Within Florida, the name Friendship Heights is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Harford County
This Friendship Heights is located in Harford County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Friendship Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Friendship Heights.
Montgomery County
This Friendship Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the north northeast of the Friendship Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Friendship Heights.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the north of the Friendship Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Friendship Heights.
Virginia
Culpeper County
This Friendship Heights is located in Culpeper County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Friendship Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Friendship Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendship 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.
Colony Key (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony Key have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Tropical Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
How Far From Friendship Heights 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 Friendship Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Friendship Heights and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Friendship 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 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,191 miles [8,354.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 from Point A (ie- Friendship Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Friendship Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8821, Longitude: -82.4876 In this case, the coordinates for Friendship Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Friendship Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.839 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.228 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.914 degrees.