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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 Northeast Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northeast Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Northeast Heights:
    • 39.573170, -75.950500
    • 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 Northeast 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Northeast Heights is near Harford County and also New Castle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle 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 Northeast Heights

Communities Also Named Northeast Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named Northeast Heights.

Within Maryland, the name Northeast Heights is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Northeast Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo 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 New Mexico community of Northeast Heights [Bernalillo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northeast 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.

  • Bacon Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Carpenter Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Carpenter Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Point
  • Chestnut Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Point
  • Elk Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Elk Haven is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Haven
  • Elk Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elk Neck is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Neck
  • Elkmore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Elkmore is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmore
  • Forest Green Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Green Court is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Court
  • Forest View Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest View Village is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View Village
  • Green Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Haven is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
  • Indian Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Indian Falls is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
  • Joy Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Joy Haven is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Haven
  • Leslie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leslie is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Mariners Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mariners Cove is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
    • Mechanic Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Mechanic Valley is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Valley
    • Mountain Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Mountain Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
    • Poplar Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Point is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
    • Prestige Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Prestige Village is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestige Village
    • Quails Nest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quails Nest is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
    • Red Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Point is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
    • Timberbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Timberbrook is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberbrook
    • Town Commons
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Town Commons is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Commons

How Far From Northeast 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 Northeast Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Northeast Heights and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Northeast Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 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 Northeast 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northeast Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Northeast 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 Northeast Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5732, Longitude: -75.9505       In this case, the coordinates for Northeast Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.20 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.761 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.987 degrees.