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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 Mount Healthy Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Healthy 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 Mount Healthy Heights:
- 39.270335, -84.568001
- 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 Mount Healthy 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 Mount Healthy Heights is near Butler County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Mount Healthy Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Healthy 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.
- Bevis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bevis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevis
- Dry Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dry Ridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenhills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lynnview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lynnview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview
- Mount Healthy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm
How Far From Mount Healthy 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 Mount Healthy 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 Mount Healthy Heights and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Healthy Heights to Cincinnati, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 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 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Healthy Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mount Healthy 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 Mount Healthy Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2703, Longitude: -84.5680 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Healthy Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.467 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.879 degrees. |
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