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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 El Monte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to El Monte 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 El Monte:
- 34.068948, -118.028115
- 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 El Monte
- 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 El Monte 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 El Monte
Communities Also Named El Monte ...
We found two communities that are also named El Monte.
There is one other community in California that is also named El Monte.
Beyond California, there is another community also named El Monte in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Contra Costa 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 California community of El Monte [Contra Costa County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- This El Monte is located in Mobile County and lies 1,751 miles [2,818 km]<2> to the east of the El Monte that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of El Monte.
Curious and Interesting Names Near El Monte ...
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.
- Butler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Butler is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Citrus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Citrus is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
- Commerce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Friendly Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Friendly Hills is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Hills
- Gage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gage is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Hillgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Mayflower Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mayflower Village is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Raymond Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond Hill is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Hill
- Stoneman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stoneman is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman
- Temple City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winter Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winter Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens
- Woodside Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside Village is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Village
How Far From El Monte to ...
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 city such as El Monte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in El Monte and extending to:
- Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from El Monte to Los Angeles, with an average speed<4> 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 366 miles [589 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 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,561 miles [12,168.2 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 8,330 miles [13,405.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 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 El Monte 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 '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- El Monte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 El Monte 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 El Monte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0689, Longitude: -118.0281 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.929 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.507 degrees. |
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