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Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Crescent Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent 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 Crescent Park:
    • 37.452778, -122.146667
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Crescent Park
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
    • Since Crescent Park is near San Mateo County and also Alameda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Crescent Park

Communities Also Named Crescent Park ...

We found nine communities that are also named Crescent Park.

Within California, the name Crescent Park is unique.

Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Crescent Park is located in New London County and lies 2,642 miles [4,251.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Crescent Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,378 miles [3,827 km]<1> to the east of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Crescent Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Kenton County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Crescent Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Crescent Park [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Montgomery County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Crescent Park.
    • Ontario
      • This Crescent Park lies 2,283 miles [3,674.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence 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 Rhode Island community of Crescent Park [Providence County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County and lies 2,427 miles [3,905.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Crescent Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane 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 Wisconsin community of Crescent Park [Dane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent 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.

  • Castro City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
  • Evergreen Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Evergreen Park is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Oaks is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Green Acres is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenmeadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenmeadow is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmeadow
  • Meadow Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Park is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
  • Neal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Neal is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Park Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Park Forest is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Professorville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Professorville is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Professorville
  • Ravenswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ravenswood is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • University Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • University Heights is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
  • Vintage Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Vintage Oaks is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks

How Far From Crescent 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 Crescent Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crescent Park to San Jose, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,431 miles [11,959 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,198 miles [13,193.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crescent Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Crescent 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Crescent Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crescent Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4528, Longitude: -122.1467       In this case, the coordinates for Crescent Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.939 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.821 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.997 degrees.