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 Westmont:
33.942276, -118.300215
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 ten communities that are also named Westmont.
Within California, the name Westmont is unique.
Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Westmont is located in New Castle County and lies 2,367 miles [3,809.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Westmont.
Georgia
Columbia County
This Westmont is located in Columbia County and lies 2,066 miles [3,324.9 km]<1> to the east of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Westmont.
Illinois
DuPage County
This Westmont is located in DuPage County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Westmont.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Westmont is located in Camden County and lies 2,399 miles [3,860.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Westmont.
North Carolina
Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Westmont [Randolph County].
Pennsylvania
Blair County
This Westmont is located in Blair County and lies 2,219 miles [3,571.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Westmont.
Cambria County
This Westmont is located in Cambria County and lies 2,192 miles [3,527.7 km] to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Westmont.
Lebanon County
This Westmont is located in Lebanon County and lies 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Westmont.
Virginia
Arlington County
This Westmont is located in Arlington County and lies 2,295 miles [3,693.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westmont that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Westmont.
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Westmont [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westmont ...
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 Westmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westmont and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Westmont to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 2,298 miles [3,698.3 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 7,575 miles [12,190.8 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 8,344 miles [13,428.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,333 miles [10,192 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westmont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Westmont 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Westmont 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 Westmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9423, Longitude: -118.3002
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.271 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.174 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.662 degrees.