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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 Walter Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walter 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 Walter Heights:
- 38.945666, -77.165813
- 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 Walter 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Since Walter Heights is near Montgomery County and also Arlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington 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 Walter Heights
Communities Also Named Walter Heights ...
We found one communities that are also named Walter Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Walter Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Walter Heights in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- 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 Maryland community of Walter Heights [Prince George's County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walter 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.
- Cabin John
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cabin John Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cabin John Park is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin John Park
- Crescent Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crescent Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- English Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foxhall is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Glen Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Glen Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Halls Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Hill is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Kent Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kent Gardens is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Lee Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Heights is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Mohican Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mohican Hills is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohican Hills
- Swinks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Swinks Mill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinks Mill
- Tulip Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip Hill is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Hill
How Far From Walter Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Walter Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Walter Heights and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Walter 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Walter 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walter Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Walter 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 Walter Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9457, Longitude: -77.1658 In this case, the coordinates for Walter Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.963 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.529 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.75 degrees. |
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