Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Old Point Comfort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Point Comfort and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Old Point Comfort
- 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 Old Point Comfort:
- 34.415276, -117.833674
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Old Point Comfort
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Los Angeles County
- Since Old Point Comfort is near San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Old Point Comfort ...
We found one communities that share the name Old Point Comfort.
Within California, the name Old Point Comfort is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Old Point Comfort in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Hampton City
- 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 Virginia community of Old Point Comfort [Hampton City].
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Point Comfort ...
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.
- Big Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Big Pines is located in Los Angeles County
- Big Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Springs
- Big Rock Springs is located in Los Angeles County
- Cedar Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Springs is located in Los Angeles County
- Desert Relief ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Relief have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Relief
- Desert Relief is located in Los Angeles County
- Falling Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
- Falling Springs is located in Los Angeles County
- Former names for Falling Springs:
- Cienega Canyon
- Falling Springs Resort
- Hedlees Resort
- La Cienega
- Juniper Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hills
- Juniper Hills is located in Los Angeles County
- Longview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mile High
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Paradise Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Springs
- Paradise Springs is located in Los Angeles County
- Pearblossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearblossom
- Pearblossom is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearblossom <3>
How Far From Old Point Comfort to ...
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 Old Point Comfort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Old Point Comfort and extending to:
- Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Point Comfort to Los Angeles, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 2,262 miles [3,640.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,534 miles [12,124.8 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 8,303 miles [13,362.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Point Comfort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Old Point Comfort 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Point Comfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Point Comfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4153, Longitude: -117.8337 In this case, the coordinates for Old Point Comfort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Old Point Comfort to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.817 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.399 degrees. |