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 Brentwood Park:
34.055009, -118.488136
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 Brentwood Park
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:
We found seven communities that are also named Brentwood Park.
There is one other community in California that is also named Brentwood Park.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In California ...
Tuolumne County
This Brentwood Park is located in Tuolumne County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Brentwood Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Brentwood Park lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the north of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Brentwood Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the east of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Brentwood Park.
Maryland
Harford County
This Brentwood Park is located in Harford County and lies 2,337 miles [3,761 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Brentwood Park.
Tennessee
Williamson County
This Brentwood Park is located in Williamson County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brentwood Park.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Brentwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brentwood Park.
Virginia
Danville City
This Brentwood Park is located in Danville City and lies 2,194 miles [3,530.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brentwood Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Brentwood Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brentwood Park ...
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 Brentwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brentwood Park and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Brentwood Park to Los Angeles, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 354 miles [569.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,305 miles [3,709.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,572 miles [12,186 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,341 miles [13,423.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brentwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Brentwood Park 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 Brentwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0550, Longitude: -118.4881 In this case, the coordinates for Brentwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.443 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.391 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.773 degrees.