Lake Heritage Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Lake Heritage, Pennsylvania, United States
Qibla Details for Lake Heritage
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Lake Heritage?
The Qibla direction from Lake Heritage, Pennsylvania, United States is 56.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Lake Heritage should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Lake Heritage from Mecca?
The distance from Lake Heritage to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,599 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Lake Heritage?
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 Lake Heritage, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Lake Heritage?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Lake Heritage is 56.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 100.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.4°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Lake Heritage
The Qibla direction from Lake Heritage, Pennsylvania, United States is 56.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,599 km (6,586 miles) away. Geographically, Lake Heritage 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 Lake Heritage, this means facing east-northeast (56.4°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Lake Heritage
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (56.4°), 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 100.4° from Lake Heritage. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.4°.
Using a compass in Lake Heritage
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Lake Heritage. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 56.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.