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Communities Also Named Jackson Heights ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Jackson Heights.

Within Ontario, the name Jackson Heights is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Mobile County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Mobile County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Jackson Heights.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Jackson Heights [Pulaski County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Jackson Heights.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Bibb County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Dougherty County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Dougherty County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Wilkes County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Wilkes County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Jackson Heights.
    • Illinois
      • Madison 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 Jackson Heights [Madison County].
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Queens County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Jackson Heights.
    • North Carolina
      • Lenoir County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Lenoir County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Jackson Heights.
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Jackson County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jackson Heights.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Hamblen County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Maury County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Maury County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Jackson Heights.
      • Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Jackson Heights [Rutherford County].
    • Virginia
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Lynchburg City and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Jackson Heights.
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • This Jackson Heights is located in Lewis County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Jackson Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson 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.

  • Assumption
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Byersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
  • Cold Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Crystal Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Downers Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Fowlers Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Orange Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Village Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Meadows
  • Yankee Bonnet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Bonnet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Bonnet
  • Zion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Jackson 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 Jackson Heights to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Jackson Heights to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jackson Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3181, Longitude: -78.3447    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Jackson 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 . 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Jackson Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.258 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.706 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.096 degrees.




 

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