Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Perry Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perry Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Perry Park
- 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 Perry Park:
- 39.256658, -104.992484
- 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 Perry 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Perry Park is near El Paso County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for El Paso County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Perry Park ...
We found four communities that share the name Perry Park.
Within Colorado, the name Perry Park is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle 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 Delaware community of Perry Park [New Castle County].
- Kentucky
- Owen County
- This Perry Park is located in Owen County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<2> to the east of the Perry Park that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Perry Park.
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- This Perry Park is located in Lenoir County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<2> to the east of the Perry Park that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Perry Park.
- Tennessee
- Robertson County
- This Perry Park is located in Robertson County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<2> to the east of the Perry Park that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Perry Park.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Perry 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.
- Castle Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,567 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castle Rock <3>
- Glen Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Larkspur
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larkspur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
- Larkspur is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larkspur <3>
- Moonridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Nighthawk ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Pine Crest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Pine Crest is located in El Paso County
- Pine Nook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Spruce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Sprucewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucewood
- Sprucewood is located in Douglas County
- Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cedars
- Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
How Far From Perry 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 Perry Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Perry Park and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Perry Park to Castle Rock, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,492 miles [2,401.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 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 7,663 miles [12,332.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perry Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Douglas County: www.douglas.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 Perry 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Perry Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Perry Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2567, Longitude: -104.9925 In this case, the coordinates for Perry 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 Perry 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 326.487 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.94 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.025 degrees. |