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 Northview:
39.843112, -84.279666
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 Northview
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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Northview.
Within Ohio, the name Northview is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Richmond County
This Northview is located in Richmond County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Northview.
Michigan
Kent County
This Northview is located in Kent County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Northview.
Missouri
Webster County
This Northview is located in Webster County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Northview.
North Carolina
Iredell County
This Northview is located in Iredell County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Northview.
Lee County
This Northview is located in Lee County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the southeast of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Northview.
Lenoir County
This Northview is located in Lenoir County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the southeast of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Northview.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Northview is located in Anderson County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Northview.
Texas
Harris County
This Northview is located in Harris County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northview that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Northview.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northview ...
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 Northview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northview and extending to:
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Northview to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,753 miles [7,649.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Northview) 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 Northview 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 Northview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8431, Longitude: -84.2797 In this case, the coordinates for Northview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.28 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.579 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.574 degrees.