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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Home Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Home Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • 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 Home Park:
    • 38.448695, -82.360984
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Home Park
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Home Park ...

We found five communities that share the name Home Park.

Within Ohio, the name Home Park is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Yazoo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Home Park [Yazoo County].
    • Montana
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Home Park [Madison County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • This Home Park is located in Douglas County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Home Park that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Home Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Home Park is located in Lehigh County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Home Park that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Home Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Home Park [Chippewa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Home Park ...

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.

  • Cebee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cebee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebee
    • Cebee is located in Lawrence County
  • Chancellor Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chancellor Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Hills
    • Chancellor Hills is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Crescent Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
    • Crescent Lake is located in Lawrence County
  • Fair Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
    • Fair Place is located in Lawrence County
  • Garden Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
    • Garden Farms is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Hillview
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Hillview is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Lock
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
    • Lock is located in Lawrence County
  • Park Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
    • Park Hills is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Pea Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pea Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
    • Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Riverview is located in Lawrence County
  • Rockwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Rockwood is located in Lawrence County
  • Timberlake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • Timberlake is located in Cabell County (WV)

How Far From Home Park to ...

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 community such as Home Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Home Park and extending to:

  • Ironton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Home Park to Ironton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Home Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Home Park 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Home Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Home Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4487, Longitude: -82.3610       In this case, the coordinates for Home Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<5>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 Home Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.104 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.033 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.148 degrees.









 

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