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 Windsor Hills:
33.988902, -118.353965
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 Windsor Hills
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 six communities that are also named Windsor Hills.
Within California, the name Windsor Hills is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Windsor Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 2,375 miles [3,822.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Windsor Hills.
Maryland
Baltimore City
This Windsor Hills is located in Baltimore City and lies 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Windsor Hills.
North Carolina
Stanly County
This Windsor Hills is located in Stanly County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Windsor Hills.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Windsor Hills is located in Chesterfield County and lies 2,289 miles [3,683.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Windsor Hills.
Lynchburg City
This Windsor Hills is located in Lynchburg City and lies 2,191 miles [3,526.1 km] to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Windsor Hills.
Roanoke City
This Windsor Hills is located in Roanoke City and lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km] to the east northeast of the Windsor Hills that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Windsor Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsor Hills ...
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 Windsor Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windsor Hills and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Windsor Hills to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>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 2,300 miles [3,701.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,342 miles [13,425.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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- Windsor Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Windsor Hills 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 Windsor Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9889, Longitude: -118.3540 In this case, the coordinates for Windsor Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.322 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.239 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.694 degrees.