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 University Heights:
40.860100, -73.909303
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 University 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 Bronx County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 University Heights
Communities Also Named University Heights ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named University Heights.
Within New York, the name University Heights is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Bernardino County
This University Heights is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km]<1> to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of University Heights.
San Diego County
This University Heights is located in San Diego County and lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km] to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of University Heights.
San Mateo County
This University Heights is located in San Mateo County and lies 2,564 miles [4,126.4 km] to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of University Heights.
Georgia
Clarke County
This University Heights is located in Clarke County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the southwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of University Heights.
Illinois
Coles 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 University Heights [Coles County].
Indiana
Delaware 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 Indiana community of University Heights [Delaware County].
Marion County
This University Heights is located in Marion County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of University Heights.
Vanderburgh 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 Indiana community of University Heights [Vanderburgh County].
Iowa
Johnson County
This University Heights is located in Johnson County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of University Heights.
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
This University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of University Heights.
Montana
Ravalli County
This University Heights is located in Ravalli County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of University Heights.
Ohio
Athens County
This University Heights is located in Athens County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of University Heights.
Cuyahoga County
This University Heights is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the west of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of University Heights.
Ontario
This University Heights lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
This University Heights is located in Lehigh County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of University Heights.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This University Heights is located in Greenville County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of University Heights.
Texas
Potter 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 Texas community of University Heights [Potter County].
Utah
Weber County
This University Heights is located in Weber County and lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of University Heights.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This University Heights is located in Albemarle County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the University Heights that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of University Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near University 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 University Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in University Heights and extending to:
Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the East Southeast.
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from University Heights to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- University 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 University 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 University 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 University Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8601, Longitude: -73.9093 In this case, the coordinates for University Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.87 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.459 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.556 degrees.