Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fashion Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fashion Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fashion 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 Fashion Heights:
  • 39.113948, -84.616334
  • 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 Fashion 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
  • Since Fashion Heights is near Boone County and also Kenton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton 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 Fashion Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fashion 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.

• Bridgetown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgetown is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
• Constance
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Constance is located in Boone County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
• Crescent Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent Springs is located in Kenton County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Springs <1>
• Cyclorama Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cyclorama Heights is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclorama Heights
• Eileen Gardens
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Eileen Gardens is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen Gardens
• English Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • English Woods is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Woods
• Fernbank
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fernbank is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
• Frenchmens Corner ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Frenchmens Corner is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmens Corner
• Lincoln Court
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln Court is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
• Little Buck ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Little Buck is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buck
• Placid Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Placid Meadows is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Meadows
• Price Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Price Hill is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
• Stringtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stringtown is located in Boone County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Fashion 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 Fashion Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fashion Heights and extending to:

• Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the East.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Fashion Heights to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'