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 Glen Avon:
34.011787, -117.485114
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 Glen Avon
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 Riverside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Glen Avon.
Within California, the name Glen Avon is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
McLean County
This Glen Avon is located in McLean County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glen Avon that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Glen Avon.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Glen Avon is located in Clackamas County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Glen Avon that is located in Riverside County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Glen Avon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Avon ...
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, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glen Avon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Avon and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Avon to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,253 miles [3,625.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,552 miles [12,153.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,320 miles [13,389.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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- Glen Avon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
<4>
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 Glen Avon 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 Glen Avon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0118, Longitude: -117.4851
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.606 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.369 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.193 degrees.