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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 Prospect Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prospect 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 Prospect Heights:
- 40.248164, -74.764050
- 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 Prospect 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Prospect Heights is near Bucks County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Prospect Heights
Communities Also Named Prospect Heights ...
We found eight communities that are also named Prospect Heights.
Within New Jersey, the name Prospect Heights is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Fremont County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County and lies 1,624 miles [2,613.6 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Prospect Heights.
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Prospect Heights.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Prospect Heights.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Cook County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Prospect Heights.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Harford County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Prospect Heights.
- New York
- Rensselaer County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Rensselaer County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Prospect Heights.
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton 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 Prospect Heights [Northampton County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Prospect Heights is located in Weber County and lies 1,932 miles [3,109.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Prospect Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prospect 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.
- Bear Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
- Birch Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birch Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Elderberry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
- Fairless Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Crest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
- Harts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harts Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corner
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Mile Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Hollow is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Hollow
- Parsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parsonville is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Princessville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Quaker Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Slackwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
- Thornridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Wheat Sheaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- White Horse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Prospect 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 Prospect Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prospect Heights and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the South.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Prospect Heights to White House, 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect 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 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 Prospect 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 Prospect 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 Prospect Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2482, Longitude: -74.7640 In this case, the coordinates for Prospect Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.44 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.006 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.196 degrees. |
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