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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:
    • 36.510559, -116.856832
    • 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 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Inyo County
    • Since Park Village is near Nye County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Nye 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Park Village ...

We found seven communities that share the name Park Village.

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

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

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • El Dorado County
      • This Park Village is located in El Dorado County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park Village that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Park Village.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Park Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,092 miles [3,366.7 km]<1> to the east of the Park Village that is located in Inyo 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 2,292 miles [3,688.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in Inyo 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 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in Inyo 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 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in Inyo 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 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the east of the Park Village that is located in Inyo 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.

  • Badwater ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badwater
    • Badwater is located in Inyo County
  • Chloride City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloride City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
    • Chloride City is located in Inyo County
  • Furnace Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
    • Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County
    • Furnace Creek has also been known as:
    • Furnace Creek Ranch
  • Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
    • Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County
    • Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
    • Greenland
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
  • Indian Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Indian Village is located in Inyo County
  • Roses Well ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Well have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
    • Roses Well is located in Nye County (NV)
  • Skidoo ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidoo
    • Skidoo is located in Inyo County
  • Stovepipe Wells
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
    • Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County

How Far From Park Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Park Village to Independence, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,380 miles [11,877 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 8,149 miles [13,114.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Park Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Park Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5106, Longitude: -116.8568    
<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>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 Park Village 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 335.429 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.329 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.832 degrees.




 

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