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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 Arlington:
39.339551, -76.683860
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We found 66 communities that share the name Arlington.
Within Maryland, the name Arlington is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another 62 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 62 communities, 59 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Arlington, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Arlington is located in Montgomery County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Arlington.
Wilcox County
This Arlington is located in Wilcox County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Arlington.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Arlington is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Arlington.
California
Riverside County
This Arlington is located in Riverside County and lies 2,270 miles [3,653.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Arlington.
San Bernardino 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 California community of Arlington [San Bernardino County].
Colorado
Kiowa County
This Arlington is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,430 miles [2,301.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Arlington.
Florida
Citrus County
This Arlington is located in Citrus County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Arlington.
Duval County
This Arlington is located in Duval County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Arlington.
Hillsborough County
This Arlington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Arlington.
Georgia
Calhoun County
This Arlington is located in Calhoun County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Arlington.
Gwinnett 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 Arlington [Gwinnett County].
Illinois
Bureau County
This Arlington is located in Bureau County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Arlington.
Indiana
Monroe County
This Arlington is located in Monroe County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Arlington.
Rush County
This Arlington is located in Rush County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Arlington.
Iowa
Fayette County
This Arlington is located in Fayette County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Arlington.
Kansas
Osborne 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 Kansas community of Arlington [Osborne County].
Reno County
This Arlington is located in Reno County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Arlington.
Kentucky
Carlisle County
This Arlington is located in Carlisle County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlisle County community of Arlington.
Madison County
This Arlington is located in Madison County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Arlington.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Arlington is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Arlington.
East Carroll Parish
This Arlington is located in East Carroll Parish and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Carroll Parish community of Arlington.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Arlington is located in Middlesex County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Arlington.
Minnesota
Sibley County
This Arlington is located in Sibley County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sibley County community of Arlington.
Mississippi
Lincoln County
This Arlington is located in Lincoln County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Arlington.
Neshoba County
This Arlington is located in Neshoba County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Arlington.
Missouri
Phelps County
This Arlington is located in Phelps County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Arlington.
Nebraska
Washington County
This Arlington is located in Washington County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Arlington.
New Jersey
Hudson County
This Arlington is located in Hudson County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudson County community of Arlington.
New York
Dutchess County
This Arlington is located in Dutchess County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Arlington.
Richmond County
This Arlington is located in Richmond County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Arlington.
North Carolina
Gaston 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 Arlington [Gaston County].
Mecklenburg County
This Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Arlington.
Yadkin County
This Arlington is located in Yadkin County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Arlington.
Nova Scotia
This Arlington lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Hancock County
This Arlington is located in Hancock County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Arlington.
Montgomery County
This Arlington is located in Montgomery County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Arlington.
Summit County
This Arlington is located in Summit County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Arlington.
Oklahoma
Lincoln County
This Arlington is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Arlington.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Arlington.
Oregon
Gilliam County
This Arlington is located in Gilliam County and lies 2,228 miles [3,585.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilliam County community of Arlington.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Arlington is located in Allegheny County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Arlington.
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 Arlington [Delaware County].
Wayne County
This Arlington is located in Wayne County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Arlington.
Prince Edward Island
This Arlington lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
Rhode Island
Providence County
This Arlington is located in Providence County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Arlington.
South Carolina
Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Arlington [Spartanburg County].
South Dakota
Kingsbury County
This Arlington is located in Kingsbury County and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Arlington.
Tennessee
Houston County
This Arlington is located in Houston County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Arlington.
Knox County
This Arlington is located in Knox County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Arlington.
Shelby County
This Arlington is located in Shelby County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Arlington.
Texas
Tarrant County
This Arlington is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Arlington.
Vermont
Bennington County
This Arlington is located in Bennington County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Arlington.
Virginia
Alexandria City
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 Virginia community of Arlington [Alexandria City].
Arlington County
This Arlington is located in Arlington County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Arlington.
Hopewell City
This Arlington is located in Hopewell City and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopewell City community of Arlington.
Northampton County
This Arlington is located in Northampton County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Arlington.
Washington
Snohomish County
This Arlington is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Arlington.
West Virginia
Harrison County
This Arlington is located in Harrison County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Arlington.
McDowell 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 West Virginia community of Arlington [McDowell County].
Upshur County
This Arlington is located in Upshur County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Arlington.
Wisconsin
Columbia County
This Arlington is located in Columbia County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Arlington.
Wyoming
Carbon County
This Arlington is located in Carbon County and lies 1,551 miles [2,496.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Arlington.
Communities Beyond North America ...
England
- Cirencester
Distance: 3,553 miles [5,718 km]<1> to the northeast
- Devon
Distance: 3,477 miles [5,595.7 km] to the northeast
South Africa
Distance: 8,146 miles [13,109.7 km]<1> to the east southeast
Zimbabwe
Distance: 7,926 miles [12,755.7 km]<1> to the east
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arlington ...
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.
Bonnie Ridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arlington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arlington and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Arlington to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Arlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3396, Longitude: -76.6839 In this case, the coordinates for Arlington 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 Arlington 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 . 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>
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 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 Arlington 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 307.651 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.237 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.393 degrees.