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 Longview Heights:
39.960932, -76.655522
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.
We found five communities that share the name Longview Heights.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Longview Heights is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Carroll County
This Longview Heights is located in Carroll County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Longview Heights that is located in York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Longview Heights.
Ohio
Athens County
This Longview Heights is located in Athens County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the west of the Longview Heights that is located in York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Longview Heights.
Texas
Harrison County
This Longview Heights is located in Harrison County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Longview Heights that is located in York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Longview Heights.
Washington
Cowlitz County
This Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County and lies 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview Heights that is located in York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Longview Heights.
West Virginia
Brooke County
This Longview Heights is located in Brooke County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west of the Longview Heights that is located in York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Longview Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longview 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.
Chapel View (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Longview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Longview Heights and extending to:
York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the West.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Longview Heights to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- Longview Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Longview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9609, Longitude: -76.6555 In this case, the coordinates for Longview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Longview 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 307.589 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.263 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.132 degrees.