Los Alamos Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Los Alamos, California, United States
Qibla Details for Los Alamos
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Los Alamos?
The Qibla direction from Los Alamos, California, United States is 21.6° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Los Alamos should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Los Alamos from Mecca?
The distance from Los Alamos to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,441 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Los Alamos?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Los Alamos, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Los Alamos?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Los Alamos is 21.6° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 95.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 21.6°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Los Alamos
The Qibla direction from Los Alamos, California, United States is 21.6° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,441 km (8,352 miles) away. Geographically, Los Alamos sits to the north-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your north-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Los Alamos, this means facing north-northeast (21.6°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Los Alamos
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (21.6°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 95.4° from Los Alamos. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 21.6°.
Using a compass in Los Alamos
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Los Alamos. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 21.6° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.