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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 Commerce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Commerce and the surrounding area.
- 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 Commerce:
- 34.000393, -118.159817
- 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 Commerce
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles County
- Since Commerce is near Orange County and also San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Commerce
Communities Also Named Commerce ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Commerce.
Within California, the name Commerce is unique.
Beyond California, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- This Commerce is located in Conecuh County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Commerce.
- Arizona
- Maricopa 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 Arizona community of Commerce [Maricopa County].
- Georgia
- Jackson County
- This Commerce is located in Jackson County and lies 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km]<1> to the east of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Commerce.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Commerce is located in Polk County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Commerce.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- This Commerce is located in Oakland County and lies 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Commerce.
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Commerce [Hennepin County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- This Commerce is located in Tunica County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<1> to the east of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Commerce.
- Missouri
- Scott County
- This Commerce is located in Scott County and lies 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Commerce.
- Oklahoma
- Ottawa County
- This Commerce is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Commerce.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Commerce [Philadelphia County].
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Commerce [Minnehaha County].
- Tennessee
- Wilson County
- This Commerce is located in Wilson County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Commerce.
- Texas
- Hunt County
- This Commerce is located in Hunt County and lies 1,278 miles [2,056.7 km]<1> to the east of the Commerce that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Commerce.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Commerce ...
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.
- Bell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Firestone Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Firestone Park is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gage is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Hobart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hobart is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hollydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hollydale is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
- Lincoln Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Tokyo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Tokyo is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Tokyo
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Maywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mission Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Junction is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Junction
- Walnut Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Park is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
- Wingfoot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wingfoot is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingfoot
- Winter Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winter Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens
- Workman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Workman is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman
How Far From Commerce 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 city such as Commerce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Commerce and extending to:
- Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Commerce to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,289 miles [3,683.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,568 miles [12,179.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,337 miles [13,417.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Commerce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Commerce 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Commerce 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 Commerce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0004, Longitude: -118.1598 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.162 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.046 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.582 degrees. |
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