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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 Fernwood:
34.079452, -118.602584
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.
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We found 31 communities that are also named Fernwood.
There is one other community in California that is also named Fernwood.
Beyond California, we know of 30 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In California ...
Humboldt County
This Fernwood is located in Humboldt County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Fernwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Fernwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fernwood.
British Columbia
This Fernwood lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Fernwood is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,544 miles [4,094.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Fernwood.
Delaware
Kent County
This Fernwood is located in Kent County and lies 2,390 miles [3,846.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Fernwood.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Fernwood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km]<1> to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fernwood.
Georgia
Chatham County
This Fernwood is located in Chatham County and lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Fernwood.
Clayton County
This Fernwood is located in Clayton County and lies 1,957 miles [3,149.5 km] to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Fernwood.
Fayette County
This Fernwood is located in Fayette County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km] to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fernwood.
Oconee County
This Fernwood is located in Oconee County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km] to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Fernwood.
Troup County
This Fernwood is located in Troup County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km] to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Fernwood.
Idaho
Benewah County
This Fernwood is located in Benewah County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the north of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Fernwood.
Illinois
Cook 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 Illinois community of Fernwood [Cook County].
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Fernwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,305 miles [3,709.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fernwood.
Mississippi
Pike County
This Fernwood is located in Pike County and lies 1,644 miles [2,645.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Fernwood.
New Hampshire
Sullivan County
This Fernwood is located in Sullivan County and lies 2,552 miles [4,107 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fernwood.
New Jersey
Mercer County
This Fernwood is located in Mercer County and lies 2,422 miles [3,897.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Fernwood.
New York
Oswego County
This Fernwood is located in Oswego County and lies 2,347 miles [3,777.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Fernwood.
Saratoga County
This Fernwood is located in Saratoga County and lies 2,473 miles [3,979.9 km] to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Fernwood.
Sullivan County
This Fernwood is located in Sullivan County and lies 2,402 miles [3,865.6 km] to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fernwood.
North Carolina
Rutherford County
This Fernwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 2,069 miles [3,329.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Fernwood.
Transylvania County
This Fernwood is located in Transylvania County and lies 2,030 miles [3,267 km] to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Fernwood.
Ohio
Jefferson County
This Fernwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fernwood.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Fernwood.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Fernwood is located in Clackamas County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Fernwood.
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Fernwood is located in Clearfield County and lies 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Fernwood.
Delaware County
This Fernwood is located in Delaware County and lies 2,400 miles [3,862.4 km] to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Fernwood.
Prince Edward Island
This Fernwood lies 2,948 miles [4,744.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Fernwood is located in Anderson County and lies 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fernwood.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Fernwood is located in Hamblen County and lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Fernwood.
Washington
Kitsap County
This Fernwood is located in Kitsap County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the north of the Fernwood that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Fernwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fernwood ...
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 Fernwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fernwood and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fernwood to Los Angeles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 349 miles [561.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 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 8,342 miles [13,425.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fernwood) 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 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 Fernwood 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 Fernwood 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 Fernwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0795, Longitude: -118.6026 In this case, the coordinates for Fernwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.542 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.513 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.84 degrees.