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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Inglewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inglewood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • 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 Inglewood:
    • 33.961727, -118.353416
    • 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 Inglewood
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles County
    • Since Inglewood is near Orange County and also Ventura County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ventura County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Inglewood

Communities Also Named Inglewood ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Inglewood.

Within California, the name Inglewood is unique.

Beyond California, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Inglewood is located in Bulloch County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the east of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Inglewood.
      • Dodge 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 Georgia community of Inglewood [Dodge County].
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Inglewood is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the east of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Inglewood.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County and lies 1,463 miles [2,354.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Inglewood.
    • Nebraska
      • Dodge County
      • This Inglewood is located in Dodge County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Inglewood.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Inglewood lies 2,874 miles [4,625.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
    • Ontario
      • This Inglewood lies 2,151 miles [3,461.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Inglewood is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,385 miles [3,838.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Inglewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Inglewood is located in Davidson County and lies 1,785 miles [2,872.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Inglewood.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Inglewood is located in Rockingham County and lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Inglewood.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Inglewood is located in King County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<1> to the north of the Inglewood that is located in Los Angeles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Inglewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Inglewood ...

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.

  • Cypress Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cypress Grove is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Grove
  • Delta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Firestone Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Firestone Park is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
  • Florence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Graham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Graham is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Harvard Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harvard Heights is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Heights
  • Home Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Home Junction is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Junction
  • Hyperion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hyperion is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyperion
  • Lawndale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Little Ethiopia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Little Ethiopia is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Ethiopia
  • Motordrome ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Motordrome is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motordrome
  • Palms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Palms is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Strawberry Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Strawberry Park is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Park
    • Surfridge ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • View Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Vineyard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Vineyard is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
    • Willowbrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Willowbrook is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
    • Wingfoot
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wingfoot is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingfoot

How Far From Inglewood to ...

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 city such as Inglewood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Inglewood and extending to:

  • Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Inglewood 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 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,300 miles [3,701.5 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 7,575 miles [12,190.8 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 8,344 miles [13,428.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Inglewood) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Inglewood 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 Inglewood 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 Inglewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9617, Longitude: -118.3534    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.318 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.232 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.693 degrees.