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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 View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park View 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 View:
    • 28.777494, -81.266176
    • 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 View
  • 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
    • Since Park View is near Volusia County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 View

Communities Also Named Park View ...

We found nine communities that are also named Park View.

There is one other community in Florida that is also named Park View.

Beyond Florida, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Hillsborough County
      • This Park View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park View.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Park View is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,528 miles [2,459.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Park View.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Park View is located in Scott County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Park View.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk 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 Minnesota community of Park View [Polk County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba 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 New Mexico community of Park View [Rio Arriba County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Park View is located in Allegheny County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the north of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Park View.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Park View is located in Davis County and lies 1,912 miles [3,077.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Park View.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Park View is located in Rockingham County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the north of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Park View.
    • West Virginia
      • Taylor County
      • This Park View is located in Taylor County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the north of the Park View that is located in Seminole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Park View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park View ...

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.

  • Crystal Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Heights is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Heights
  • Crystal Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Point is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
  • Dreamworld
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
  • Elder Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elder Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Springs
  • Flora Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Flora Heights is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Heights
  • Indian Mound Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
  • Lake Mary
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake View is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lincoln Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Lock Arbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lock Arbor is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Arbor
  • Lordland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lordland is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordland
  • Pinecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pinecrest is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Roseland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Roseland Park is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park

How Far From Park View to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Park View to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,195 miles [11,579.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 View) 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 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 Park View 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 View 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 View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7775, Longitude: -81.2662       In this case, the coordinates for Park View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.257 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.679 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.333 degrees.