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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 Valley View Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley View 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 Valley View Heights:
    • 39.120617, -84.291882
    • 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 Valley View 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 Clermont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont County
    • Since Valley View Heights is near Hamilton County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Valley View Heights

Communities Also Named Valley View Heights ...

We found five communities that are also named Valley View Heights.

Within Ohio, the name Valley View Heights is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Nez Perce County
      • This Valley View Heights is located in Nez Perce County and lies 1,717 miles [2,763.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley View Heights that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nez Perce County community of Valley View Heights.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong 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 Valley View Heights [Armstrong County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Valley View Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south of the Valley View Heights that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Valley View Heights.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Valley View Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley View Heights that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Valley View Heights.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Valley View Heights is located in Campbell County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Valley View Heights that is located in Clermont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Valley View Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley View 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.

  • Clare
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Clare is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • Dry Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dry Run is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Forestville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Fruit Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
  • Indian Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
  • Indian Knolls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Indian Knolls is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Knolls
  • Mount Summit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
  • Mulberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mulberry is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Olive Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Olive Branch is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Plainville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Plainville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Red Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Red Bank is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Stonelick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Stonelick is located in Clermont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelick
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Summerside
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Summerside is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside
    • Terrace Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Terrace Park is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,292 people
    • Top-of-the-Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Top-of-the-Ridge is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-Ridge
    • Viking Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Viking Village is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Village
    • Watch Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Watch Hill is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill
    • Willowville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willowville is located in Clermont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley View Heights and extending to:

  • Batavia, which is the Seat of Clermont County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Valley View 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 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 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley View 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 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 Valley View 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 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 Valley View 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 Valley View Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1206, Longitude: -84.2919       In this case, the coordinates for Valley View Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.294 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.49 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.798 degrees.