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 Willowbrook:
33.916960, -118.255073
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 Willowbrook
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 eighteen communities that are also named Willowbrook.
Within California, the name Willowbrook is unique.
Beyond California, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Autauga County
This Willowbrook is located in Autauga County and lies 1,832 miles [2,948.3 km]<1> to the east of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Willowbrook.
Madison County
This Willowbrook is located in Madison County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km] to the east of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Willowbrook.
British Columbia
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 British Columbia community of Willowbrook.
Colorado
Jefferson County
This Willowbrook is located in Jefferson County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Willowbrook.
Illinois
DuPage County
This Willowbrook is located in DuPage County and lies 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Willowbrook.
Kendall 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 Illinois community of Willowbrook [Kendall County].
Will County
This Willowbrook is located in Will County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km] to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Willowbrook.
Kansas
Reno County
This Willowbrook is located in Reno County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Willowbrook.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Willowbrook is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Willowbrook.
Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Willowbrook [Montgomery County].
New York
Richmond County
This Willowbrook is located in Richmond County and lies 2,441 miles [3,928.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Willowbrook.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Willowbrook [Coshocton County].
Pennsylvania
Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Willowbrook [Delaware County].
Saskatchewan
This Willowbrook lies 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
This Willowbrook is located in Berkeley County and lies 2,191 miles [3,526.1 km]<1> to the east of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Willowbrook.
Utah
Weber County
This Willowbrook is located in Weber County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Willowbrook.
Virginia
Louisa County
This Willowbrook is located in Louisa County and lies 2,261 miles [3,638.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Willowbrook.
Suffolk City
This Willowbrook is located in Suffolk City and lies 2,337 miles [3,761 km] to the east northeast of the Willowbrook that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Willowbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willowbrook ...
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 Willowbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willowbrook and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Willowbrook to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>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 2,296 miles [3,695.1 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<6> 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).<7>
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).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,333 miles [10,192 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- Willowbrook) 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 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 Willowbrook 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>
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 Willowbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Willowbrook 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 Willowbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9170, Longitude: -118.2551 In this case, the coordinates for Willowbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.229 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.122 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.636 degrees.