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 Hamilton Heights:
40.824444, -73.950000
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 Hamilton 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 New York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Hamilton Heights.
Within New York, the name Hamilton Heights is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Manitoba
This Hamilton Heights lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Hamilton Heights is located in Saint Louis County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the west of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Hamilton Heights.
Ontario
This Hamilton Heights lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
This Hamilton Heights is located in Franklin County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hamilton Heights.
South Carolina
Pickens County
This Hamilton Heights is located in Pickens County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Hamilton Heights.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Hamilton Heights is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hamilton Heights that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hamilton Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamilton 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hamilton Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hamilton Heights and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hamilton Heights to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 210 miles [338 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,270 miles [6,871.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hamilton Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8244, Longitude: -73.9500 In this case, the coordinates for Hamilton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.898 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.485 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.589 degrees.