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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 Central Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central 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 Central Heights:
    • 31.705177, -94.676877
    • 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 Central 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
    • Since Central Heights is near Rusk County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Central Heights

Communities Also Named Central Heights ...

We found ten communities that are also named Central Heights.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Central Heights.

Beyond Texas, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Central Heights [Jefferson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Central Heights is located in Lauderdale County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Central Heights.
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Central Heights is located in Gila County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Central Heights.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Central Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Central Heights.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Central Heights is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<2> to the north of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Central Heights.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Central Heights is located in Alamance County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Central Heights.
      • Wayne County
      • This Central Heights is located in Wayne County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km] to the east northeast of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Central Heights.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Central Heights [Carter County].
      • Sullivan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Central Heights [Sullivan County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Central Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Central Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Central 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.

  • Bonita Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
  • Cedar Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Point is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Happy Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Holly Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Springs is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Looneyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Redfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Shady Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Whispering Pines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
  • Winter Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Winter Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill

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

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

  • Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies just to the South.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Central Heights to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,684 miles [12,366.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Central 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.
<2>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- Central Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Central 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 Central Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7052, Longitude: -94.6769       In this case, the coordinates for Central Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.411 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.553 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.856 degrees.