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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 Harlem Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harlem Heights 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 Harlem Heights:
- 28.510281, -81.620630
- 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 Harlem 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Harlem Heights is near Lake County and also Osceola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osceola 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 Harlem Heights
Communities Also Named Harlem Heights ...
We found four communities that are also named Harlem Heights.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Harlem Heights.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Lee County
- This Harlem Heights is located in Lee County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the south of the Harlem Heights that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Harlem Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Harlem Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the northwest of the Harlem Heights that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Harlem Heights.
- North Carolina
- Anson 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 North Carolina community of Harlem Heights [Anson County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Harlem Heights is located in Fayette County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the north of the Harlem Heights that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Harlem Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harlem 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.
- Castle Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Crown Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Point is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Doctor Phillips
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
- Fullers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fullers is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Lake Butter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Butter is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
- Minneola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minorville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Mohawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Orange Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orange Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mountain
- Skytop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skytop is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skytop
- Waits Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waits Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
- Winter Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Harlem 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 Harlem Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harlem Heights and extending to:
- Orlando, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Harlem Heights to Orlando, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Harlem Heights) 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 Harlem 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. |
| <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 Harlem 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 Harlem Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5103, Longitude: -81.6206 In this case, the coordinates for Harlem Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.839 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.505 degrees. |
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