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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.

  • 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 Prospect Heights:
    • 42.617302, -73.739565
    • 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 Prospect Heights
  • 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 Prospect Heights ...

We found eight communities that share the name Prospect Heights.

Within New York, the name Prospect Heights is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • This Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County and lies 1,668 miles [2,684.4 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer 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 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer 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 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer 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 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Prospect Heights.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Prospect Heights is located in Mercer County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer 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 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Heights that is located in Rensselaer 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.

  • Beaver Dam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
  • Best
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Best is located in Rensselaer County
  • Cedar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
    • Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
  • Luther
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
  • Maple Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Maple Grove is located in Rensselaer County
  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
  • New Scotland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
    • New Scotland is located in Albany County
  • Normansville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Normansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
    • Normansville is located in Albany County
  • Spawn Hollow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spawn Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
    • Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
  • Stony Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
    • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Stony Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
  • Unionville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Van Allen Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Allen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
    • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County

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:

  • Troy, which is the Seat of Rensselaer County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Prospect Heights to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,606 miles [9,022 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,195 miles [6,751.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prospect Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prospect Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6173, Longitude: -73.7396       In this case, the coordinates for Prospect 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 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>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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.561 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.397 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.664 degrees.




 

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