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37.391254, -79.133635
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Waymarking ...
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We found seventeen communities that are also named Jackson Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Jackson Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Jackson Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Jackson Heights.
Mobile County
This Jackson Heights is located in Mobile County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Jackson Heights.
Arkansas
Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Jackson Heights [Pulaski County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Jackson Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Jackson Heights.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Jackson Heights is located in Bibb County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Jackson Heights.
Dougherty County
This Jackson Heights is located in Dougherty County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Jackson Heights.
Wilkes County
This Jackson Heights is located in Wilkes County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Jackson Heights.
Illinois
Madison 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 Jackson Heights [Madison County].
New York
Queens County
This Jackson Heights is located in Queens County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Jackson Heights.
North Carolina
Lenoir County
This Jackson Heights is located in Lenoir County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Jackson Heights.
Ohio
Jackson County
This Jackson Heights is located in Jackson County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Jackson Heights.
Jefferson County
This Jackson Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 210 miles [338 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jackson Heights.
Ontario
This Jackson Heights lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the north.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Jackson Heights is located in Hamblen County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Jackson Heights.
Maury County
This Jackson Heights is located in Maury County and lies 453 miles [729 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Jackson Heights.
Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Jackson Heights [Rutherford County].
West Virginia
Lewis County
This Jackson Heights is located in Lewis County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Jackson Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson 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.
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 Jackson Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Heights and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jackson Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 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 from Point A (ie- Jackson Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Jackson 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>
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 Jackson 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 Jackson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3913, Longitude: -79.1336 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.194 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.696 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.13 degrees.