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 West Athens:
33.923348, -118.303407
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 West Athens
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:
We found three communities that are also named West Athens.
Within California, the name West Athens is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maine
Somerset County
This West Athens is located in Somerset County and lies 2,657 miles [4,276 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Athens that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of West Athens.
New York
Greene County
This West Athens is located in Greene County and lies 2,454 miles [3,949.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Athens that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of West Athens.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This West Athens is located in Bradford County and lies 2,317 miles [3,728.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Athens that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of West Athens.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Athens ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as West Athens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Athens and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from West Athens 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 2,299 miles [3,699.9 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 7,576 miles [12,192.4 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 8,345 miles [13,430 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Athens) 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.
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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 West Athens 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 West Athens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9233, Longitude: -118.3034 In this case, the coordinates for West Athens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.27 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.172 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.664 degrees.