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 Casa Loma:
33.826963, -117.031972
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 Casa Loma
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 Riverside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Casa Loma.
There is one other community in California that is also named Casa Loma.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In California ...
Placer County
This Casa Loma is located in Placer County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Casa Loma that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Casa Loma.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Casa Loma is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,076 miles [3,341 km]<1> to the east of the Casa Loma that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Casa Loma.
New Mexico
Bernalillo County
This Casa Loma is located in Bernalillo County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the east of the Casa Loma that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of Casa Loma.
Utah
Davis County
This Casa Loma is located in Davis County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Casa Loma that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Casa Loma.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casa Loma ...
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 Casa Loma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Casa Loma and extending to:
Riverside, which is the Seat of Riverside County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Casa Loma to Riverside, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 411 miles [661.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,233 miles [3,593.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,552 miles [12,153.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,321 miles [13,391.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Casa Loma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Casa Loma 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 Casa Loma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8270, Longitude: -117.0320 In this case, the coordinates for Casa Loma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.206 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.87 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.931 degrees.