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 Morningside:
47.701209, -122.311794
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 Morningside
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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 26 communities that are also named Morningside.
Within Washington, the name Morningside is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of 26 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Morningside is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,079 miles [3,345.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Morningside.
Tallapoosa County
This Morningside is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 2,140 miles [3,444 km] to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Morningside.
Alberta
This Morningside lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Morningside is located in New Haven County and lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Morningside.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Morningside is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Morningside.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Morningside is located in Bibb County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Morningside.
Dougherty County
This Morningside is located in Dougherty County and lies 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km] to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Morningside.
Floyd County
This Morningside is located in Floyd County and lies 2,115 miles [3,403.8 km] to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Morningside.
Fulton County
This Morningside is located in Fulton County and lies 2,176 miles [3,501.9 km] to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Morningside.
Muscogee County
This Morningside is located in Muscogee County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km] to the east southeast of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Morningside.
Indiana
Delaware County
This Morningside is located in Delaware County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Morningside.
Iowa
Woodbury County
This Morningside is located in Woodbury County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodbury County community of Morningside.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
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 Louisiana community of Morningside [Caddo Parish].
Maryland
Frederick County
This Morningside is located in Frederick County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Morningside.
Prince George's County
This Morningside is located in Prince George's County and lies 2,328 miles [3,746.6 km] to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Morningside.
Minnesota
Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Morningside [Hennepin County].
New York
New York 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 York community of Morningside [New York County].
Ohio
Washington County
This Morningside is located in Washington County and lies 2,097 miles [3,374.8 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Morningside.
Oregon
Marion 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 Oregon community of Morningside [Marion County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Morningside is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Morningside.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Morningside is located in Greenville County and lies 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Morningside.
South Dakota
Beadle County
This Morningside is located in Beadle County and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beadle County community of Morningside.
Tennessee
McMinn County
This Morningside is located in McMinn County and lies 2,098 miles [3,376.4 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Morningside.
Virginia
Norfolk City
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 Virginia community of Morningside [Norfolk City].
Prince William County
This Morningside is located in Prince William County and lies 2,308 miles [3,714.4 km]<1> to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Morningside.
Roanoke City
This Morningside is located in Roanoke City and lies 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km] to the east of the Morningside that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Morningside.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morningside ...
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 & 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 Morningside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morningside and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Morningside to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,319 miles [3,732.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,528 miles [12,115.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,653 miles [9,097.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morningside) 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 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 Morningside 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 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.
<4>
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 Morningside 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 Morningside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7012, Longitude: -122.3118 In this case, the coordinates for Morningside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.861 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.419 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.738 degrees.