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 Clearwater:
33.896457, -118.160241
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.
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 twenty communities that share the name Clearwater.
Within California, the name Clearwater is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Clearwater [Yavapai County].
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This Clearwater is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Clearwater.
British Columbia
This Clearwater lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<2> to the north of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
Florida
Pinellas County
This Clearwater is located in Pinellas County and lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Clearwater.
Idaho
Idaho County
This Clearwater is located in Idaho County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<2> to the north of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Clearwater.
Kansas
Sedgwick County
This Clearwater is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Clearwater.
Louisiana
Evangeline Parish
This Clearwater is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Clearwater.
Manitoba
This Clearwater lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
Minnesota
Wright County
This Clearwater is located in Wright County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Clearwater.
Missouri
Sainte Genevieve County
This Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Clearwater.
Montana
Deer Lodge County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Clearwater [Deer Lodge County].
Missoula County
This Clearwater is located in Missoula County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Clearwater.
Nebraska
Antelope County
This Clearwater is located in Antelope County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Clearwater.
New Brunswick
This Clearwater lies 2,804 miles [4,512.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Clearwater is located in Sussex County and lies 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Clearwater.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Clearwater is located in Douglas County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Clearwater.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Clearwater is located in Aiken County and lies 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Clearwater.
Tennessee
McMinn County
This Clearwater is located in McMinn County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Clearwater.
Texas
Franklin County
This Clearwater is located in Franklin County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Clearwater.
Washington
Jefferson County
This Clearwater is located in Jefferson County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Clearwater.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearwater ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Clearwater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clearwater and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clearwater to Los Angeles, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 372 miles [598.7 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 2,292 miles [3,688.6 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 7,575 miles [12,190.8 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 8,344 miles [13,428.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Clearwater 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clearwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clearwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8965, Longitude: -118.1602
<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 Clearwater 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 336.148 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.021 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.581 degrees.