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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 Huntington Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huntington 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 Huntington Heights:
    • 37.690422, -77.491651
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Huntington Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Huntington Heights ...

We found three communities that share the name Huntington Heights.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Huntington Heights.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Newport News City
      • 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 Virginia community of Huntington Heights [Newport News City].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Huntington Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Huntington Heights that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Huntington Heights.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Huntington Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Huntington Heights that is located in Henrico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Huntington Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntington 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.

  • French Hay
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Hay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hay
    • French Hay is located in Hanover County
  • Glen Allen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Henrico County
  • Heaths Store
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaths Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaths Store
    • Heaths Store is located in Hanover County
  • Kings Charter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Charter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Charter
    • Kings Charter is located in Hanover County
  • Kingswood Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingswood Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Court
    • Kingswood Court is located in Hanover County
  • Laurel Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
    • Laurel Park is located in Henrico County
  • Lewistown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
    • Lewistown is located in Hanover County
  • Longdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
    • Longdale is located in Henrico County
  • Poindexters
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poindexters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexters
    • Poindexters is located in Hanover County
  • Quail Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Walk
    • Quail Walk is located in Henrico County
  • Randolph Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Ridge
    • Randolph Ridge is located in Henrico County

How Far From Huntington Heights to ...

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 Huntington Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Huntington Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Huntington Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Henrico County: www.co.henrico.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 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 Huntington 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- Huntington Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Huntington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6904, Longitude: -77.4917       In this case, the coordinates for Huntington Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Huntington Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.223 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.634 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.355 degrees.




 

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