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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 Clearview Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clearview 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 Clearview Heights:
    • 40.397687, -75.943860
    • 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 Clearview 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Since Clearview Heights is near Lancaster County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Clearview Heights

Communities Also Named Clearview Heights ...

We found eight communities that are also named Clearview Heights.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Clearview Heights.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • York County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in York County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clearview Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Navajo County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in Navajo County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the west of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Clearview Heights.
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland 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 Connecticut community of Clearview Heights [Tolland County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Clearview Heights.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in Spartanburg County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Clearview Heights.
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in Lawrence County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Clearview Heights.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in Roanoke County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Clearview Heights.
      • Stafford County
      • This Clearview Heights is located in Stafford County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south southwest of the Clearview Heights that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Clearview Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearview 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.

  • Birdland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Birdland is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdland
  • Breezy Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Breezy Corner is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Corner
  • Cherokee Ranch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Ranch is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ranch
  • Foxchase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Foxchase is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxchase
  • Heather Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Heather Knoll is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
  • Maiden Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Maiden Creek is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek
  • Mountain Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Park is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
  • Reading
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • River View Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • River View Park is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View Park
  • Rivers Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rivers Bend is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Bend
  • Shadow Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shadow Ridge is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Ridge
  • Temple
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Willow Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Gardens is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gardens

How Far From Clearview Heights to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Clearview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies just to the South.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Clearview Heights to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,373 miles [7,037.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Clearview 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Clearview 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Clearview 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 Clearview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3977, Longitude: -75.9439       In this case, the coordinates for Clearview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.128 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.809 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.644 degrees.