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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 Highland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland 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 Highland Heights:
- 39.033664, -84.453271
- 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 Highland 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Highland Heights is near Kenton County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Highland Heights
Communities Also Named Highland Heights ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Highland Heights.
Within Kentucky, the name Highland Heights is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Highland Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the south of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Highland Heights.
- Georgia
- Lowndes County
- This Highland Heights is located in Lowndes County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the south of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Highland Heights.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Highland Heights is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Highland Heights.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Highland Heights [Delaware County].
- Tennessee
- Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Highland Heights [Davidson County].
- Giles County
- This Highland Heights is located in Giles County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Highland Heights.
- Maury County
- This Highland Heights is located in Maury County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south southwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Highland Heights.
- Shelby County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highland Heights [Shelby County].
- Wilson County
- This Highland Heights is located in Wilson County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the south southwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Highland Heights.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Highland Heights is located in Harris County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Highland Heights.
- Virginia
- Northampton County
- This Highland Heights is located in Northampton County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Highland Heights.
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Highland Heights is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,056 miles [3,308.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Heights that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Highland Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland 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.
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bucktown is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- California is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Cold Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fruit Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Johns Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johns Hill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lamb
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lamb is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Lookout Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Heights
- Melbourne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Park Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pool's Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pool's Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool's Creek
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Silver Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summit Hills Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Summit Hills Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills Heights
- Sweetwine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sweetwine is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwine
- Watch Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
How Far From Highland Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Highland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Heights and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Highland Heights to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 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- Highland 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Highland 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 Highland 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 Highland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0337, Longitude: -84.4533 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.395 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.594 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.897 degrees. |
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