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 Happy Valley:
34.083621, -118.200350
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 Happy Valley
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 31 communities that are also named Happy Valley.
There are three communities within California that are also named Happy Valley.
Beyond California, we know of 28 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 29 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In California ...
Calaveras County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Happy Valley [Calaveras County].
El Dorado County
This Happy Valley is located in El Dorado County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Happy Valley.
Shasta County
This Happy Valley is located in Shasta County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Happy Valley.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This Happy Valley lies 3,100 miles [4,989 km]<2> to the northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
British Columbia
This Happy Valley lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
Florida
Escambia County
This Happy Valley is located in Escambia County and lies 1,807 miles [2,908.1 km]<2> to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Happy Valley.
Georgia
Hall County
This Happy Valley is located in Hall County and lies 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km]<2> to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Happy Valley.
McDuffie County
This Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County and lies 2,042 miles [3,286.3 km] to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDuffie County community of Happy Valley.
Walker County
This Happy Valley is located in Walker County and lies 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km] to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Happy Valley.
Hawaii
This Happy Valley lies 2,499 miles [4,021.8 km]<2> to the west of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Happy Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 2,297 miles [3,696.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Happy Valley.
Missouri
Harrison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Happy Valley [Harrison County].
Montana
Flathead County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Happy Valley [Flathead County].
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This Happy Valley is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,540 miles [4,087.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Happy Valley.
New Mexico
Eddy County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Happy Valley [Eddy County].
New York
Oswego County
This Happy Valley is located in Oswego County and lies 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Happy Valley.
Rockland County
This Happy Valley is located in Rockland County and lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km] to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Happy Valley.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Happy Valley.
North Carolina
Buncombe County
This Happy Valley is located in Buncombe County and lies 2,014 miles [3,241.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Happy Valley.
Caldwell County
This Happy Valley is located in Caldwell County and lies 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km] to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Happy Valley.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Happy Valley.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Happy Valley is located in Clackamas County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Happy Valley.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County and lies 2,343 miles [3,770.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Happy Valley.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Happy Valley is located in Blount County and lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Happy Valley.
Carter County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Happy Valley [Carter County].
Texas
Nacogdoches County
This Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km]<2> to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Happy Valley.
Taylor County
This Happy Valley is located in Taylor County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km] to the east of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Happy Valley.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Happy Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Happy Valley.
Virginia
Campbell County
This Happy Valley is located in Campbell County and lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Happy Valley.
Washington
Clallam County
This Happy Valley is located in Clallam County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Happy Valley.
Whatcom County
This Happy Valley is located in Whatcom County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km] to the north of the Happy Valley that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Happy Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Valley ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Happy Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Happy Valley and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Happy Valley to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,289 miles [3,683.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 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 8,333 miles [13,410.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Happy Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Happy Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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 Happy Valley 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.
<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 Happy Valley 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 Happy Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0836, Longitude: -118.2004 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.208 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.107 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.607 degrees.