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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 Kensington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kensington 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 Kensington Park:
    • 31.221063, -81.474823
    • 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 Kensington Park
  • 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 Kensington Park ...

We found three communities that share the name Kensington Park.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Kensington Park.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Chatham County
      • This Kensington Park is located in Chatham County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kensington Park that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Kensington Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego 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 California community of Kensington Park [San Diego County].
    • Florida
      • Sarasota County
      • This Kensington Park is located in Sarasota County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Kensington Park that is located in Glynn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Kensington Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kensington 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.

  • Clover Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Heights
    • Clover Heights is located in Glynn County
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Glynn County
  • Cypress Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Mills
    • Cypress Mills is located in Glynn County
  • Dock Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
  • Gordon Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
    • Gordon Heights is located in Glynn County
  • High Hill Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Lake
    • High Hill Lake is located in Glynn County
  • Island View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
    • Island View is located in Glynn County
  • Magnolia Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
    • Magnolia Park is located in Glynn County
  • Oak Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluff
    • Oak Bluff is located in Glynn County
  • Parade Rest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parade Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade Rest
    • Parade Rest is located in Glynn County
  • Pine Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County

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

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

  • Brunswick, which is the Seat of Glynn County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kensington Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 586 miles [943.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Glynn County: www.glynncounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kensington Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kensington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2211, Longitude: -81.4748       In this case, the coordinates for Kensington 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 Kensington 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 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 Kensington Park 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 310.493 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.293 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.826 degrees.




 

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