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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 Hobart:
34.012236, -118.204794
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.
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We found nineteen communities that are also named Hobart.
Within California, the name Hobart is unique.
Beyond California, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Logan 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 Arkansas community of Hobart [Logan County].
Indiana
Lake County
This Hobart is located in Lake County and lies 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hobart.
Iowa
Kossuth 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 Iowa community of Hobart [Kossuth County].
Kansas
Meade County
This Hobart is located in Meade County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Hobart.
Rooks 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 Kansas community of Hobart [Rooks County].
Kentucky
Clinton County
This Hobart is located in Clinton County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Hobart.
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
This Hobart is located in Ascension Parish and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<2> to the east of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Hobart.
Michigan
Wexford County
This Hobart is located in Wexford County and lies 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Hobart.
Missouri
Lincoln County
This Hobart is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Hobart.
Nevada
Douglas County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hobart [Douglas County].
New Mexico
Rio Arriba County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Rio Arriba County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Hobart.
New York
Delaware County
This Hobart is located in Delaware County and lies 2,404 miles [3,868.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Hobart.
North Dakota
Barnes 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 North Dakota community of Hobart [Barnes County].
Ohio
Wood County
This Hobart is located in Wood County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Hobart.
Oklahoma
Kiowa County
This Hobart is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<2> to the east of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Hobart.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Hobart.
Pennsylvania
York County
This Hobart is located in York County and lies 2,294 miles [3,691.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Hobart.
Washington
King County
This Hobart is located in King County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<2> to the north of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Hobart.
Wisconsin
Brown County
This Hobart is located in Brown County and lies 1,748 miles [2,813.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hobart that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Hobart.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hobart ...
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 Hobart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hobart and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hobart to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>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 15 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,291 miles [3,687 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,568 miles [12,179.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,337 miles [13,417.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hobart 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 '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- Hobart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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 Hobart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Hobart 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 Hobart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0122, Longitude: -118.2048 In this case, the coordinates for Hobart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.201 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.094 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.608 degrees.