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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 Country Club Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Heights and the surrounding area.
- 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 Country Club Heights:
- 39.314268, -78.324172
- 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 Country Club 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Country Club Heights is near Hampshire County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Country Club Heights
Communities Also Named Country Club Heights ...
We found six communities that are also named Country Club Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Country Club Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Country Club Heights is located in Madison County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club Heights that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Country Club Heights.
- Kentucky
- Mason County
- This Country Club Heights is located in Mason County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club Heights that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Country Club Heights.
- New Mexico
- Lincoln 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 New Mexico community of Country Club Heights [Lincoln County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Country Club Heights is located in Lancaster County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Club Heights that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Country Club Heights.
- South Carolina
- Lancaster County
- This Country Club Heights is located in Lancaster County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Country Club Heights that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Country Club Heights.
- Marlboro County
- This Country Club Heights is located in Marlboro County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the south southwest of the Country Club Heights that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Country Club Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club 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.
- Baileys Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baileys Ford is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Ford
- Cold Stream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
- Cross Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Good
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Good is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Gore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hayfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Indian Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hollow
- Indian Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Lake is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Light ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Light is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Nordic Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Timber Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Timber Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Wildwood Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wildwood Hills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
How Far From Country Club 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 Country Club Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Club Heights and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club Heights to Richmond, 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 5,934 miles [9,549.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 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- Country Club 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 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 Country Club 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 Country Club 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 Country Club Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3143, Longitude: -78.3242 In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.63 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.344 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.104 degrees. |
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