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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 Harbor Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harbor Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Harbor Hills:
    • 33.780295, -118.314794
    • 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 Harbor Hills
  • 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 Los Angeles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Los Angeles County
    • Since Harbor Hills is near Orange County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Harbor Hills ...

We found seven communities that share the name Harbor Hills.

Within California, the name Harbor Hills is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,325 miles [3,741.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Harbor Hills.
      • Calvert County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Calvert County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km] to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Harbor Hills [Muskegon County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County and lies 2,468 miles [3,971.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Licking County and lies 2,013 miles [3,239.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County and lies 2,342 miles [3,769.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Harbor Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harbor Hills ...

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.

  • Abalone Cove ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abalone Cove
    • Abalone Cove is located in Los Angeles County
  • Carson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Carson is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,860 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <3>
  • Dolores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
    • Dolores is located in Los Angeles County
  • Harbor City
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
    • Harbor City is located in Los Angeles County
  • Ironsides
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironsides have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides
    • Ironsides is located in Los Angeles County
  • Keystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in Los Angeles County
  • Lawndale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln Village is located in Los Angeles County
  • Long Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Portuguese Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portuguese Bend
    • Portuguese Bend is located in Los Angeles County
  • Rolling Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Willowville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
    • Willowville is located in Los Angeles County

How Far From Harbor Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harbor Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harbor Hills and extending to:

  • Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harbor Hills to Los Angeles, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 375 miles [603.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,586 miles [12,208.5 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 8,355 miles [13,446.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harbor Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harbor Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harbor Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7803, Longitude: -118.3148       In this case, the coordinates for Harbor Hills 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 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 Harbor Hills 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Harbor Hills 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 336.259 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.149 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.668 degrees.









 

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