Mountain Park (Alberta) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Mountain Park ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Mountain Park.

Within Alberta, the name Mountain Park is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jefferson County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mountain Park.
- Florida
  - Hernando 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 Florida community of Mountain Park [Hernando County].
- Georgia
  - DeKalb 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 Georgia community of Mountain Park [DeKalb County].
  - Fulton County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Fulton County and lies 2,067 miles [3,326.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Mountain Park.
  - Gwinnett County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County and lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km] to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Mountain Park.
- Massachusetts
  - Hampden County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Hampden County and lies 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Mountain Park.
- New Mexico
  - Otero County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Otero County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Mountain Park.
- North Carolina
  - Surry County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Surry County and lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Mountain Park.
- Oklahoma
  - Kiowa County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Mountain Park.
- Pennsylvania
  - Berks County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Berks County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Mountain Park.
  - 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 Mountain Park [Luzerne County].
- Utah
  - Davis County
  - This Mountain Park is located in Davis County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Mountain Park.

How Far From Mountain Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mountain Park to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Mountain Park once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Park and extending to:

Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Park to Edmonton, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,230 miles [8,416.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.9247, Longitude: -117.2715
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mountain 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 . 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>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mountain Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mountain 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 336.879 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.17 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.80 degrees.