Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Aiea Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aiea Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Aiea Heights
- 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 Aiea Heights:
- 21.390833, -157.920278
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Aiea Heights
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aiea 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.
- Chinatown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Foster Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Village
- Honolulu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honolulu <2>
- Marconi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Pearl City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl City <2>
- Ranch Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranch Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Camp
- Sunset Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset Beach <2>
- Village Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
- Woodlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Aiea 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 Aiea Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Aiea Heights and extending to:
- Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Aiea Heights to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 10 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 275 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 189 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,655 miles [13,928.9 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,239 miles [14,868.7 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,015 miles [12,898.9 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Aiea Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aiea Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Aiea Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 21.3908, Longitude: -157.9203 In this case, the coordinates for Aiea Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Aiea Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 13.724 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 23.155 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 352.035 degrees. |