Spring Lake Heights Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, United States
Qibla Details for Spring Lake Heights
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Spring Lake Heights?
The Qibla direction from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, United States is 58.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Spring Lake Heights should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Spring Lake Heights from Mecca?
The distance from Spring Lake Heights to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,352 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Spring Lake Heights?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Spring Lake Heights, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Spring Lake Heights?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Spring Lake Heights is 58.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 100.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 58.5°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Spring Lake Heights
The Qibla direction from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, United States is 58.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,352 km (6,432 miles) away. Geographically, Spring Lake Heights sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Spring Lake Heights, this means facing east-northeast (58.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Spring Lake Heights
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (58.5°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 100.9° from Spring Lake Heights. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 58.5°.
Using a compass in Spring Lake Heights
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Spring Lake Heights. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 58.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.