Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cherry Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cherry 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 Cherry Park:
- 41.811487, -72.887045
- 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 Cherry 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 Hartford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hartford County
- Since Cherry Park is near Litchfield County and also New Haven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
- eBird sighting report for New Haven 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 Cherry Park ...
We found four communities that share the name Cherry Park.
Within Connecticut, the name Cherry Park is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Cherry Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cherry Park that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cherry Park.
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- This Cherry Park is located in Hinds County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cherry Park that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Cherry Park.
- Oregon
- Multnomah 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 Oregon community of Cherry Park [Multnomah County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Cherry Park is located in Davis County and lies 2,004 miles [3,225.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherry Park that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Cherry Park.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry 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.
- Barber Corner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corner
- Barber Corner is located in Hartford County
- Case Corner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Case Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case Corner
- Case Corner is located in Hartford County
- Firetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Lovely Street
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovely Street have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Street
- Lovely Street is located in Hartford County
- Pine Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadow
- Pine Meadow is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Meadow <4>
- Puddle Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puddle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town
- Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County
- Tootin' Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tootin' Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tootin' Hills
- Tootin' Hills is located in Hartford County
- Town Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <4>
- Whigville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Whigville is located in Hartford County
How Far From Cherry Park 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 Cherry Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherry Park and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Cherry Park to Hartford, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,602 miles [9,015.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,187 miles [6,738.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cherry Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Cherry Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherry Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8115, Longitude: -72.8870 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cherry 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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cherry 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 305.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.798 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.662 degrees. |