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36.633441, -82.120409
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We found 36 communities that share the name Colonial Heights.
There are six communities within Virginia that are also named Colonial Heights.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Colonial Heights City
This Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colonial Heights City community of Colonial Heights.
Hampton City
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 Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Hampton City].
Norfolk City
This Colonial Heights is located in Norfolk City and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Colonial Heights.
Roanoke City
This Colonial Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Colonial Heights.
Stafford County
This Colonial Heights is located in Stafford County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Colonial Heights.
Washington 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 Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Washington County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Colonial Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Colonial Heights.
California
Sacramento 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 California community of Colonial Heights [Sacramento County].
San Joaquin 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 California community of Colonial Heights [San Joaquin County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Colonial Heights is located in New Castle County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Colonial Heights.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Colonial Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Colonial Heights.
Georgia
Bulloch County
This Colonial Heights is located in Bulloch County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Colonial Heights.
Troup County
This Colonial Heights is located in Troup County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Colonial Heights.
Illinois
Cook 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 Colonial Heights [Cook County].
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
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 Louisiana community of Colonial Heights [Caddo Parish].
Maryland
Allegany 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 Maryland community of Colonial Heights [Allegany County].
Frederick County
This Colonial Heights is located in Frederick County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Colonial Heights.
Talbot County
This Colonial Heights is located in Talbot County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Colonial Heights.
New York
Dutchess County
This Colonial Heights is located in Dutchess County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Colonial Heights.
Westchester County
This Colonial Heights is located in Westchester County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Colonial Heights.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Colonial Heights is located in Cumberland County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Colonial Heights.
Davidson County
This Colonial Heights is located in Davidson County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Colonial Heights.
Mecklenburg County
This Colonial Heights is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Colonial Heights.
Orange County
This Colonial Heights is located in Orange County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Colonial Heights.
Wake County
This Colonial Heights is located in Wake County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Colonial Heights.
Wilson County
This Colonial Heights is located in Wilson County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Colonial Heights.
Ohio
Guernsey County
This Colonial Heights is located in Guernsey County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Colonial Heights.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Colonial Heights is located in Beaufort County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Colonial Heights.
Berkeley County
This Colonial Heights is located in Berkeley County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Colonial Heights.
Florence County
This Colonial Heights is located in Florence County and lies 210 miles [338 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Colonial Heights.
Greenwood County
This Colonial Heights is located in Greenwood County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Colonial Heights.
Oconee County
This Colonial Heights is located in Oconee County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Colonial Heights.
Orangeburg County
This Colonial Heights is located in Orangeburg County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Colonial Heights.
Richland County
This Colonial Heights is located in Richland County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Colonial Heights.
Tennessee
Sullivan County
This Colonial Heights is located in Sullivan County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Colonial Heights.
Utah
Davis County
This Colonial Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Colonial Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colonial 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.
Booker (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Colonial Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colonial Heights and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Colonial Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colonial Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colonial Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6334, Longitude: -82.1204 In this case, the coordinates for Colonial Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Colonial 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>
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.
<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 Colonial 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 310.972 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.617 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.60 degrees.