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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 Ravenna:
34.438606, -118.225354
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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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 nine communities that are also named Ravenna.
Within California, the name Ravenna is unique.
Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Estill County
This Ravenna is located in Estill County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Ravenna.
Michigan
Muskegon County
This Ravenna is located in Muskegon County and lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Ravenna.
Montana
Granite County
This Ravenna is located in Granite County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granite County community of Ravenna.
Nebraska
Buffalo County
This Ravenna is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Ravenna.
Ohio
Portage County
This Ravenna is located in Portage County and lies 2,054 miles [3,305.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Ravenna.
Ontario
This Ravenna lies 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
South Carolina
Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Ravenna [Spartanburg County].
Texas
Fannin County
This Ravenna is located in Fannin County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the east of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Ravenna.
Washington
King County
This Ravenna is located in King County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the north of the Ravenna that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Ravenna.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ravenna ...
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.
Alpine ‑ Historic (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Ravenna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ravenna and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Ravenna to Los Angeles, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 338 miles [544 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 2,282 miles [3,672.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,542 miles [12,137.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,311 miles [13,375.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Ravenna) 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 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 Ravenna 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 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.
<4>
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 Ravenna 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 Ravenna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4386, Longitude: -118.2254 In this case, the coordinates for Ravenna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.279 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.217 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.626 degrees.