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 California:
38.630937, -92.564023
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 found twenty communities that share the name California.
Within Missouri, the name California is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Paulding County
This California is located in Paulding County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of California.
Iowa
Harrison 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 Iowa community of California [Harrison County].
Kansas
Coffey 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 Kansas community of California [Coffey County].
Kentucky
Campbell County
This California is located in Campbell County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of California.
Louisiana
Madison Parish
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 Louisiana community of California [Madison Parish].
Maine
Aroostook County
This California is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of California.
Maryland
Saint Mary's County
This California is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of California.
Wicomico County
This California is located in Wicomico County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of California.
Michigan
Branch County
This California is located in Branch County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of California.
North Carolina
Dare County
This California is located in Dare County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dare County community of California.
Hertford County
This California is located in Hertford County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km] to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hertford County community of California.
Madison County
This California is located in Madison County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east southeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of California.
Pitt County
This California is located in Pitt County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of California.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This California is located in Hamilton County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of California.
Ontario
This California lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This California is located in Bucks County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of California.
Luzerne 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 California [Luzerne County].
Montour County
This California is located in Montour County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km] to the east northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montour County community of California.
Washington County
This California is located in Washington County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the east northeast of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of California.
Virginia
Rockbridge County
This California is located in Rockbridge County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the east of the California that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of California.
Curious and Interesting Names Near California ...
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.
Bacon (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bacon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as California to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in California and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from California to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 48 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- California) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in California. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6309, Longitude: -92.5640 In this case, the coordinates for California have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 California 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>
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.
<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 California to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.641 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.563 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.773 degrees.