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 Country Club Park:
34.050289, -118.321187
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 Country Club 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 six communities that are also named Country Club Park.
Within California, the name Country Club Park is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Country Club Park is located in Madison County and lies 1,799 miles [2,895.2 km]<1> to the east of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Country Club Park.
Georgia
Glynn County
This Country Club Park is located in Glynn County and lies 2,139 miles [3,442.4 km]<1> to the east of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Country Club Park.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Country Club Park is located in Baltimore County and lies 2,315 miles [3,725.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Country Club Park.
Harford County
This Country Club Park is located in Harford County and lies 2,331 miles [3,751.4 km] to the east northeast of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Country Club Park.
North Carolina
Craven County
This Country Club Park is located in Craven County and lies 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Country Club Park.
Virginia
Montgomery County
This Country Club Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,125 miles [3,419.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Club Park that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Country Club Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Country Club Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Club Park and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club Park to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six 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 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,296 miles [3,695.1 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 7,569 miles [12,181.1 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 8,338 miles [13,418.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 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- Country Club 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 Country Club 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 Country Club Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0503, Longitude: -118.3212 In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.303 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.221 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.676 degrees.