Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Victory Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Victory Heights
- 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 Victory Heights:
- 47.707598, -122.307627
- 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 Victory 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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for King County
- Since Victory Heights is near Snohomish County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Victory Heights ...
We found nine communities that share the name Victory Heights.
Within Washington, the name Victory Heights is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Victory Heights.
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Victory Heights is located in Chatham County and lies 2,401 miles [3,864 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Victory Heights.
- Muscogee County
- This Victory Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km] to the east southeast of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Victory Heights.
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Victory Heights is located in Clark County and lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<1> to the east of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Victory Heights.
- New York
- Chemung 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 Victory Heights [Chemung County].
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- This Victory Heights is located in Venango County and lies 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km]<1> to the east of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Victory Heights.
- Tennessee
- Shelby 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 Victory Heights [Shelby County].
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km]<1> to the east of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Victory Heights.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Victory Heights is located in Rock County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the east of the Victory Heights that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Victory Heights.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory 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.
- Cedar Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cedar Park is located in King County
- Crown Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
- Crown Hill is located in King County
- Edgewater ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Green Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in King County
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Mapleleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Meadow Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Meadow Brook is located in King County
- Meridian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Moorlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Olympic Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olympic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hills
- Olympic Hills is located in King County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ronald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Sand Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Point
- Sand Point is located in King County
- Shoreline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
- Shoreline is located in King County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoreline <4>
- Spring Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- Spring Beach is located in King County
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University is located in King County
- University Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- University Village is located in King County
- View Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Ridge
- View Ridge is located in King County
- Ronald
How Far From Victory Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Victory Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Victory Heights and extending to:
- Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies just to the South.
- 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 Victory Heights to Olympia, with an average speed<5> 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Victory Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Victory Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Victory Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7076, Longitude: -122.3076 In this case, the coordinates for Victory Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Victory 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. |
| <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 Victory 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 340.858 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.416 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.735 degrees. |