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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 Eastmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastmont and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Eastmont:
    • 34.023624, -118.155071
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Eastmont
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Eastmont ...

We found eight communities that share the name Eastmont.

There is one other community in California which is also named Eastmont.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Alameda County
      • This Eastmont is located in Alameda County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Eastmont.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Eastmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the east of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Eastmont.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Eastmont is located in Kent County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Eastmont.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Eastmont is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Eastmont.
      • Cambria 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 Eastmont [Cambria County].
      • York County
      • This Eastmont is located in York County and lies 2,294 miles [3,691.8 km] to the east northeast of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Eastmont.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Eastmont is located in Richland County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km]<1> to the east of the Eastmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Eastmont.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish 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 Washington community of Eastmont [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastmont ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
    • Bell is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,734 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <3>
  • Commerce
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Gage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
    • Gage is located in Los Angeles County
  • Happy Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
    • Happy Valley is located in Los Angeles County
  • Hobart
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Hobart is located in Los Angeles County
  • Lincoln Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Los Angeles County
  • Little Tokyo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Tokyo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Tokyo
    • Little Tokyo is located in Los Angeles County
  • Maywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
    • Maywood is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maywood <3>
  • Mission Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Junction
    • Mission Junction is located in Los Angeles County
  • New Chinatown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chinatown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
    • New Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
  • Rose Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Rose Hill is located in Los Angeles County
  • Stoneman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman
    • Stoneman is located in Los Angeles County
  • Walnut Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
    • Walnut Park is located in Los Angeles County
  • Winter Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens
    • Winter Gardens is located in Los Angeles County

How Far From Eastmont 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 community such as Eastmont to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastmont 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 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Eastmont to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>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 2,288 miles [3,682.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,567 miles [12,177.9 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 8,335 miles [13,413.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eastmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eastmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0236, Longitude: -118.1551       In this case, the coordinates for Eastmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Eastmont 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>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 Eastmont 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 336.162 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.047 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.58 degrees.









 

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