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 Morningside Heights:
28.026100, -82.131900
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 five communities that share the name Morningside Heights.
Within Florida, the name Morningside Heights is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This Morningside Heights is located in Lauderdale County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Morningside Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Morningside Heights.
Georgia
Hall 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 Morningside Heights [Hall County].
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Morningside Heights is located in Baltimore County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Morningside Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Morningside Heights.
New York
New York County
This Morningside Heights is located in New York County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Morningside Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Morningside Heights.
South Carolina
Oconee County
This Morningside Heights is located in Oconee County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the north of the Morningside Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Morningside Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morningside 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.
Alabama (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alabama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Morningside Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morningside Heights and extending to:
Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Morningside Heights to Tampa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 210 miles [338 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 805 miles [1,295.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morningside Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morningside Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0261, Longitude: -82.1319 In this case, the coordinates for Morningside Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Morningside 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.
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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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Morningside Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.662 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.044 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.771 degrees.