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 Venice:
33.986646, -118.471323
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.
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:
We found eighteen communities that share the name Venice.
Within California, the name Venice is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Venice lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the north of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
Arkansas
Ashley County
This Venice is located in Ashley County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km]<1> to the east of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Venice.
Colorado
Chaffee 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 Venice [Chaffee County].
Florida
Manatee 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 Florida community of Venice [Manatee County].
Sarasota County
This Venice is located in Sarasota County and lies 2,182 miles [3,511.6 km]<1> to the east of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Venice.
Illinois
Madison County
This Venice is located in Madison County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Venice.
Kansas
Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Venice [Sedgwick County].
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
This Venice is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,736 miles [2,793.8 km]<1> to the east of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Venice.
Michigan
Shiawassee 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 Michigan community of Venice [Shiawassee County].
Missouri
Shannon County
This Venice is located in Shannon County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Venice.
Nebraska
Douglas County
This Venice is located in Douglas County and lies 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Venice.
New York
Cayuga 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 New York community of Venice [Cayuga County].
Ohio
Butler 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 Ohio community of Venice [Butler County].
Erie County
This Venice is located in Erie County and lies 2,001 miles [3,220.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Venice.
Pennsylvania
Washington County
This Venice is located in Washington County and lies 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Venice.
Utah
Sevier County
This Venice is located in Sevier County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the northeast of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Venice.
Washington
Kitsap County
This Venice is located in Kitsap County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the north of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Venice.
Pacific County
This Venice is located in Pacific County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the north northwest of the Venice that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Venice.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Venice ...
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 Venice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Venice and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Venice to Los Angeles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 358 miles [576.1 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 21 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,306 miles [3,711.1 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 7,576 miles [12,192.4 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 8,345 miles [13,430 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 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- Venice) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Venice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9866, Longitude: -118.4713
<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 Venice 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 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 Venice to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.419 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.357 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.762 degrees.