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 Hewitt:
34.199727, -118.390080
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.
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 ten communities that share the name Hewitt.
Within California, the name Hewitt is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Minnesota
Todd County
This Hewitt is located in Todd County and lies 1,477 miles [2,377 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Hewitt.
New Brunswick
This Hewitt lies 2,778 miles [4,470.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
New Jersey
Passaic County
This Hewitt is located in Passaic County and lies 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Passaic County community of Hewitt.
North Carolina
Swain County
This Hewitt is located in Swain County and lies 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swain County community of Hewitt.
Ohio
Darke County
This Hewitt is located in Darke County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Hewitt.
Oklahoma
Carter County
This Hewitt is located in Carter County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Hewitt.
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 Hewitt.
Pennsylvania
Bedford County
This Hewitt is located in Bedford County and lies 2,214 miles [3,563.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Hewitt.
Texas
McLennan County
This Hewitt is located in McLennan County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Hewitt.
Wisconsin
Wood County
This Hewitt is located in Wood County and lies 1,661 miles [2,673.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hewitt that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Hewitt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hewitt ...
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.
Crescent (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hewitt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hewitt and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hewitt to Los Angeles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 347 miles [558.4 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 2,297 miles [3,696.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 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 6,322 miles [10,174.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hewitt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hewitt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1997, Longitude: -118.3901 In this case, the coordinates for Hewitt 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 Hewitt 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>
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.
<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 Hewitt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.382 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.326 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.719 degrees.