Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Columbia Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Columbia Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Columbia Heights
- 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 Columbia Heights:
- 36.090415, -80.227549
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Columbia 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 Forsyth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- Since Columbia Heights is near Davidson County and also Guilford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- eBird sighting report for Guilford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Columbia Heights ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Columbia Heights.
Within North Carolina, the name Columbia Heights is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Columbia County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Columbia Heights.
- Muscogee County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 366 miles [589 km] to the southwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Columbia Heights.
- Louisiana
- Caldwell Parish
- This Columbia Heights is located in Caldwell Parish and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell Parish community of Columbia Heights.
- Minnesota
- Anoka County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Anoka County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the northwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Columbia Heights.
- Montana
- Flathead 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 Montana community of Columbia Heights [Flathead County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Butler County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Columbia Heights.
- Oregon
- Columbia County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Columbia County and lies 2,291 miles [3,687 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Columbia Heights.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Washington County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Columbia Heights.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Bexar County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Columbia Heights.
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Arlington County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Columbia Heights.
- Washington
- Cowlitz County
- This Columbia Heights is located in Cowlitz County and lies 2,297 miles [3,696.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Columbia Heights that is located in Forsyth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Columbia Heights.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Columbia 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.
- Chalk Level ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chalk Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Chalk Level is located in Forsyth County
- Cityview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Forsyth County
- Four Seasons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Seasons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons is located in Forsyth County
- Fox Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Hanes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hootstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Skyview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview Park
- Skyview Park is located in Forsyth County
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Union Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Union Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Willowbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
How Far From Columbia 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 Columbia Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Columbia Heights and extending to:
- Winston - Salem, which is the Seat of Forsyth County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Columbia Heights to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Columbia Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Forsyth County: www.co.forsyth.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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- Columbia Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbia Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0904, Longitude: -80.2275 In this case, the coordinates for Columbia Heights 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 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 Columbia 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> | 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 Columbia Heights 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 309.861 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.265 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.998 degrees. |