Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sierra Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sierra Vista and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sierra Vista
- 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 Sierra Vista:
- 34.095287, -118.158405
- 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 Sierra Vista
- 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 Sierra Vista is near Orange County and also San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Orange County
- 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 Sierra Vista ...
We found six communities that share the name Sierra Vista.
There are two communities within California that are also named Sierra Vista.
Beyond California, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Madera County
- This Sierra Vista is located in Madera County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sierra Vista that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Sierra Vista.
- Merced 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 California community of Sierra Vista [Merced County].
- Madera County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- This Sierra Vista is located in Cochise County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sierra Vista that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Sierra Vista.
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- This Sierra Vista is located in Jefferson County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sierra Vista that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sierra Vista.
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Sierra Vista [Pueblo County].
- New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- This Sierra Vista is located in Lincoln County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the east of the Sierra Vista that is located in Los Angeles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Sierra Vista.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sierra Vista ...
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 Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Park
- Cypress Park is located in Los Angeles County
- Eagle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Eagle Rock is located in Los Angeles County
- Echo Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Happy Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Los Angeles County
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Los Angeles County
- Little Tokyo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Tokyo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Tokyo
- Little Tokyo is located in Los Angeles County
- Mission Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Junction
- Mission Junction is located in Los Angeles County
- New Chinatown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chinatown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
- New Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
- Raymond Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Hill
- Raymond Hill is located in Los Angeles County
- Rose Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Stoneman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Temple City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple City
- Temple City is located in Los Angeles County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,225 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple City <4>
- Winter Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens
- Winter Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
How Far From Sierra Vista to ...
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 Sierra Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sierra Vista and extending to:
- Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sierra Vista 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 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,287 miles [3,680.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,562 miles [12,169.9 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 8,331 miles [13,407.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sierra Vista. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sierra Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sierra Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0953, Longitude: -118.1584 In this case, the coordinates for Sierra Vista 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 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 Sierra Vista 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'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 Sierra Vista 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 336.175 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.067 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.583 degrees. |