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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 Jersey Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jersey 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 Jersey Heights:
- 38.396228, -75.599647
- 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 Jersey 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 Wicomico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Since Jersey Heights is near Sussex County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Jersey Heights
Communities Also Named Jersey Heights ...
We found one communities that are also named Jersey Heights.
Within Maryland, the name Jersey Heights is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Jersey Heights in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Jersey Heights [Hamilton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jersey 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.
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- California is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Chestnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Dogwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Foggy Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foggy Bottom is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggy Bottom
- Foxwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foxwood is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Holland Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holland Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Hunting Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunting Park is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Park
- Justice Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Justice Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Heights
- Kathleens Delight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kathleens Delight is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleens Delight
- Leonard Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leonard Farm is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Farm
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Maple Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maple Plains is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Plains
- Middle Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Middle Neck is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Neck
- Poets Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Poets Colony is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poets Colony
- Riverside Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Pines is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Pines
- Rockawalking Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunset Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Victory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Gardens is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Gardens
How Far From Jersey 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 community such as Jersey 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 Jersey Heights and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Wicomico County, lies just to the South.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Jersey Heights to Annapolis, 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 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 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 Jersey 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> | 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jersey Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jersey 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 Jersey Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3962, Longitude: -75.5996 In this case, the coordinates for Jersey Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.084 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.446 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.316 degrees. |
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