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 Vineyard:
34.047233, -118.337021
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 fifteen communities that share the name Vineyard.
There are four communities within California that are also named Vineyard.
Beyond California, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In California ...
Sacramento County
This Vineyard is located in Sacramento County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Vineyard.
San Benito County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Benito County].
San Diego County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Diego County].
Sonoma County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [Sonoma County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lee County
This Vineyard is located in Lee County and lies 1,561 miles [2,512.2 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Vineyard.
Georgia
Spalding County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Vineyard [Spalding County].
Indiana
Switzerland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Vineyard [Switzerland County].
Kentucky
Butler County
This Vineyard is located in Butler County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Vineyard.
Jessamine County
This Vineyard is located in Jessamine County and lies 1,894 miles [3,048.1 km] to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Vineyard.
Maryland
Baltimore County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Vineyard [Baltimore County].
New York
Chautauqua County
This Vineyard is located in Chautauqua County and lies 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Vineyard.
Pennsylvania
Mifflin County
This Vineyard is located in Mifflin County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Vineyard.
Texas
Jack County
This Vineyard is located in Jack County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jack County community of Vineyard.
Utah
Davis County
This Vineyard is located in Davis County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Vineyard.
Utah County
This Vineyard is located in Utah County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Vineyard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vineyard ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vineyard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vineyard and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Vineyard to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six 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 2,297 miles [3,696.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,569 miles [12,181.1 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 8,338 miles [13,418.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vineyard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vineyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0472, Longitude: -118.3370 In this case, the coordinates for Vineyard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Vineyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Vineyard 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.
<4>
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.
<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 Vineyard 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 336.316 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.236 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.685 degrees.