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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 Huntington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huntington Park 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 Huntington Park:
    • 33.952893, -83.468216
    • 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 Huntington 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Huntington Park is near Oconee County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Huntington Park

Communities Also Named Huntington Park ...

We found ten communities that are also named Huntington Park.

Within Georgia, the name Huntington Park is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Huntington Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the west of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Huntington Park.
    • Arizona
      • Pima 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 Arizona community of Huntington Park [Pima County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Huntington Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,980 miles [3,186.5 km]<1> to the west of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Huntington Park.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Huntington Park [Cook County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • This Huntington Park is located in Caddo Parish and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the west of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Huntington Park.
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Huntington Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the west southwest of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Huntington Park.
      • Orleans Parish
      • This Huntington Park is located in Orleans Parish and lies 467 miles [751.6 km] to the west southwest of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Huntington Park.
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Huntington Park is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 506 miles [814.3 km] to the west of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Huntington Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Huntington Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Huntington Park.
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Huntington Park is located in Brown County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the north of the Huntington Park that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Huntington Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntington 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.

  • Bogart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Deerbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerbrook is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Elder
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Elder is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Fieldstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fieldstone is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstone
  • Greene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greene is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
  • Holly Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Jennings Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jennings Mill is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Mill
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kingswood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • McNutt Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McNutt Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Creek
  • Overlook Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
  • Quailwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Quailwood is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ramble Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Ramble Hills is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Hills
    • Rebel Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rebel Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Hill
    • Rushwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rushwood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushwood
    • Skyline Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Skyline Park is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
    • Tanglebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglebrook is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglebrook
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Windy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Hill is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

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

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Huntington Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 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- Huntington Park) 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 Huntington 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>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 Huntington Park 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 Huntington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9529, Longitude: -83.4682       In this case, the coordinates for Huntington Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.723 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.095 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.877 degrees.