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 Riverview Heights:
27.873500, -82.326100
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 Riverview 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 six communities that are also named Riverview Heights.
Within Florida, the name Riverview Heights is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Kendall 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 Illinois community of Riverview Heights [Kendall County].
New Brunswick
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 New Brunswick community of Riverview Heights.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Riverview Heights is located in Hamilton County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the north of the Riverview Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Riverview Heights.
Ontario
This Riverview Heights lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Riverview Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
Virginia
Halifax County
This Riverview Heights is located in Halifax County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Riverview Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Riverview Heights.
West Virginia
Lewis County
This Riverview Heights is located in Lewis County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<2> to the north of the Riverview Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Riverview Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverview 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 Riverview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverview Heights and extending to:
Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Riverview Heights to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 819 miles [1,318.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,284 miles [11,722.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Riverview 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverview Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Riverview 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 Riverview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8735, Longitude: -82.3261 In this case, the coordinates for Riverview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.753 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.127 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.864 degrees.