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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 Park Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Village 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 Park Village:
    • 38.657682, -121.074945
    • 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 Park Village
  • 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
    • Since Park Village is near Sacramento County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Park Village

Communities Also Named Park Village ...

We found seven communities that are also named Park Village.

There is one other community in California that is also named Park Village.

Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Inyo County
      • This Park Village is located in Inyo County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Inyo County community of Park Village.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Park Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,339 miles [3,764.3 km]<1> to the east of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park Village.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • This Park Village is located in Union County and lies 2,461 miles [3,960.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Park Village.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Park Village is located in Niagara County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Park Village.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Park Village is located in York County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Park Village.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Park Village is located in Putnam County and lies 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km]<1> to the east of the Park Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Park Village.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Park Village [Bexar County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Village ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Crescent Ridge Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Crown Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
  • El Dorado Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Equestrian Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
  • Green Springs Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Springs Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Ranch
  • Green Springs Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Green Springs Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Valley
  • Marble Mountain
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marble Mountain is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Mountain
  • Marina Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
  • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
  • Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
  • Oak Tree Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Prairie City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Stonegate Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stonegate Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Village
    • Summit Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Winterhaven Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village

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

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

  • Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Park Village to Placerville, with an average speed<4> 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,332 miles [11,799.7 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 8,100 miles [13,035.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Park Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Park Village 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Park Village 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 Park Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6577, Longitude: -121.0749       In this case, the coordinates for Park Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.166 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.953 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.336 degrees.