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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 Mountain Heights East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Heights East 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 Mountain Heights East:
- 37.323745, -80.059486
- 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 Mountain Heights East
- 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Mountain Heights East is near Salem City and also Roanoke City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salem City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- 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 Mountain Heights East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Heights East ...
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.
- Dale Court
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dale Court is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Court
- Deep Dell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Dell is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Dell
- Dropmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dropmore is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dropmore
- Evans Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Hill is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
- Forest Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
- Glen Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Hanging Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Hockman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hockman is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockman
- Honeysuckle Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Honeysuckle Bluff is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Bluff
- Lake Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Spring is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Locust Grove Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Locust Grove Park is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Meadowview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Plainview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plainview is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skyview is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Spangler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spangler is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Spring Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Stonegate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Willow Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willow Green is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Woodside Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodside Park is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
How Far From Mountain Heights East 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 Mountain Heights East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mountain Heights East and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Heights East to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Heights East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mountain Heights East 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 Mountain Heights East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3237, Longitude: -80.0595 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Heights East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.741 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.31 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.533 degrees. |
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