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 Wellington Heights:
34.036123, -118.185627
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.
Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wellington Heights
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:
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:
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Communities Also Named Wellington Heights ...
We found four communities that are also named Wellington Heights.
Within California, the name Wellington Heights is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Will County
This Wellington Heights is located in Will County and lies 1,706 miles [2,745.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington Heights that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wellington Heights.
Indiana
Shelby County
This Wellington Heights is located in Shelby County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington Heights that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wellington Heights.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Wellington Heights is located in Fairfax County and lies 2,289 miles [3,683.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington Heights that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Wellington Heights.
West Virginia
Barbour County
This Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington Heights that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Wellington Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington Heights ...
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 Wellington Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellington Heights and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wellington Heights to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>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 15 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,290 miles [3,685.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,567 miles [12,177.9 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 8,335 miles [13,413.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wellington Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
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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 Wellington Heights 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 Wellington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0361, Longitude: -118.1856 In this case, the coordinates for Wellington Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.189 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.08 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.597 degrees.