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35.205421, -80.826738
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We found 36 communities that are also named Colonial Heights.
There are five communities within North Carolina that are also named Colonial Heights.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 31 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cumberland County
This Colonial Heights is located in Cumberland County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the east of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Colonial Heights.
Davidson County
This Colonial Heights is located in Davidson County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Colonial Heights.
Orange County
This Colonial Heights is located in Orange County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Colonial Heights.
Wake County
This Colonial Heights is located in Wake County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Colonial Heights.
Wilson County
This Colonial Heights is located in Wilson County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Colonial Heights.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Colonial Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the west of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Colonial Heights.
California
Sacramento 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 Colonial Heights [Sacramento County].
San Joaquin 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 California community of Colonial Heights [San Joaquin County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Colonial Heights is located in New Castle County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Colonial Heights.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Colonial Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the south of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Colonial Heights.
Georgia
Bulloch County
This Colonial Heights is located in Bulloch County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Colonial Heights.
Troup County
This Colonial Heights is located in Troup County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km] to the west southwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Colonial Heights.
Illinois
Cook 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 Illinois community of Colonial Heights [Cook County].
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
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 Louisiana community of Colonial Heights [Caddo Parish].
Maryland
Allegany 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 Maryland community of Colonial Heights [Allegany County].
Frederick County
This Colonial Heights is located in Frederick County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Colonial Heights.
Talbot County
This Colonial Heights is located in Talbot County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Colonial Heights.
New York
Dutchess County
This Colonial Heights is located in Dutchess County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Colonial Heights.
Westchester County
This Colonial Heights is located in Westchester County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km] to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Colonial Heights.
Ohio
Guernsey County
This Colonial Heights is located in Guernsey County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the north of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Colonial Heights.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Colonial Heights is located in Beaufort County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Colonial Heights.
Berkeley County
This Colonial Heights is located in Berkeley County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the south southeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Colonial Heights.
Florence County
This Colonial Heights is located in Florence County and lies 87 miles [140 km] to the southeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Colonial Heights.
Greenwood County
This Colonial Heights is located in Greenwood County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the southwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Colonial Heights.
Oconee County
This Colonial Heights is located in Oconee County and lies 128 miles [206 km] to the west southwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Colonial Heights.
Orangeburg County
This Colonial Heights is located in Orangeburg County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Colonial Heights.
Richland County
This Colonial Heights is located in Richland County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Colonial Heights.
Tennessee
Sullivan County
This Colonial Heights is located in Sullivan County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the northwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Colonial Heights.
Utah
Davis County
This Colonial Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,723 miles [2,772.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Colonial Heights.
Virginia
Bristol City
This Colonial Heights is located in Bristol City and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol City community of Colonial Heights.
Colonial Heights City
This Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colonial Heights City community of Colonial Heights.
Hampton 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 Colonial Heights [Hampton City].
Norfolk City
This Colonial Heights is located in Norfolk City and lies 281 miles [452.2 km] to the east northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Colonial Heights.
Roanoke City
This Colonial Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Colonial Heights.
Stafford County
This Colonial Heights is located in Stafford County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the northeast of the Colonial Heights that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Colonial Heights.
Washington 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 Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colonial 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.
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 Colonial Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colonial Heights and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Colonial Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 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 4,798 miles [7,721.6 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- Colonial 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Colonial 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 Colonial 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 Colonial Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2054, Longitude: -80.8267 In this case, the coordinates for Colonial Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.212 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.539 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.504 degrees.