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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 Wilmar:
34.070843, -118.108403
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.
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We found four communities that share the name Wilmar.
Within California, the name Wilmar is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Drew County
This Wilmar is located in Drew County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wilmar that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Wilmar.
Iowa
Butler County
This Wilmar is located in Butler County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wilmar that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Wilmar.
Minnesota
Kandiyohi County
This Wilmar is located in Kandiyohi County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilmar that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kandiyohi County community of Wilmar.
North Carolina
Beaufort County
This Wilmar is located in Beaufort County and lies 2,309 miles [3,716 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wilmar that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Wilmar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmar ...
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 Wilmar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilmar 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 Wilmar 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 2,285 miles [3,677.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,563 miles [12,171.5 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 8,331 miles [13,407.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Footnotes ...
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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- Wilmar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilmar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0708, Longitude: -118.1084 In this case, the coordinates for Wilmar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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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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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.
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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 Wilmar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.13 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.011 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.553 degrees.