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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 Douglas Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglas 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 Douglas Park:
    • 41.787336, -124.062855
    • 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 Douglas 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 Douglas Park ...

We found three communities that share the name Douglas Park.

Within California, the name Douglas Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Douglas Park [Cook County].
      • Whiteside County
      • This Douglas Park is located in Whiteside County and lies 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km]<2> to the east of the Douglas Park that is located in Del Norte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Douglas Park.
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Douglas Park is located in Portsmouth City and lies 2,540 miles [4,087.7 km]<2> to the east of the Douglas Park that is located in Del Norte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Douglas Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglas 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.

  • Crescent City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • False Klamath
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for False Klamath have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Klamath
    • False Klamath is located in Del Norte County
  • Fort Dick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • French Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
    • French Hill is located in Del Norte County
  • Lawyers Bar ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawyers Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Bar
    • Lawyers Bar is located in Del Norte County
  • Patrick Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patrick Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Creek
    • Patrick Creek is located in Del Norte County
  • Peacocks Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peacocks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Ferry
    • Peacocks Ferry is located in Del Norte County
  • Rockland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Del Norte County
  • Tryon Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tryon Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Corner
    • Tryon Corner is located in Del Norte County

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

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

  • Crescent City, which is the Seat of Del Norte County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Douglas Park to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,452 miles [3,946.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,944 miles [12,784.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Del Norte County: www.co.del-norte.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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 Douglas 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Douglas Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Douglas Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7873, Longitude: -124.0629       In this case, the coordinates for Douglas Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Douglas Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.958 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.432 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.16 degrees.




 

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