Because the sun was setting in the West, behind him.
He realizes that the sun is setting behind the mountains. The only way that could be happening is if he was on the east side of them. The lowlands stretched out in front of him toward the east.
Smaug wasn't exactly hiding. He was laying in the main chambers in the heart of the mountain. Bilbo just went straight down the tunnel from the "side porch".
The Sierra Nevada mountain range is located east of Bakersfield in California. It is known for its stunning peaks, including Mount Whitney which is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States.
It's behind the east side of the mountain
Patagonia borders on to the east side of the Andes.
Mount Nebo.
yes, I do but im not giving them to you people cause i am awesome
Since Bilbo didn't have any siblings, he didn't have any nephews. Frodo is definitely a relative ... Frodo's mother is Bilbo's first cousin (on his mother's side), and Frodo's father is Bilbo's second cousin (on his father's side), so Frodo is, as the book says, "[Bilbo's] first AND second cousin, once removed either way".
The main idea of "The Hobbit" is Bilbo finding an adventurous side of himself that he got from his mother, Took's side.
The windward side of a mountain is typically the west side of the mountain, receiving the various weather as weather moves west to east. The leeward side of a mountain opposes the windward side, making it the east side of the mountain, receiving little weather, blocking weather (rain) and warming air rapidly as it moves down this side of the mountain. The leeward side of mountains causes deserts, dry places, little rain, etc., for it releases warm air unto these places, and blocks weather (rain) from moistening them (I.E. Las Vegas, etc. on the eastern side of the mountain ranges).
Rap originated in the Bronx, Now if that's west side or east side I don't know, I'm sure you can figure it out! :)
It is the side where the sun rises in the morning