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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Maplewood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maplewood 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 Maplewood Park:
    • 34.255372, -85.137450
    • 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 Maplewood 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 Maplewood Park ...

We found four communities that share the name Maplewood Park.

Within Georgia, the name Maplewood Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Maplewood Park is located in Saint Clair County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maplewood Park that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Maplewood Park.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Maplewood Park is located in Allen County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the north of the Maplewood Park that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Maplewood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Maplewood Park that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Maplewood Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Maplewood Park [Delaware County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maplewood 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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County
  • De Soto ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Soto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
    • De Soto is located in Floyd County
  • Fieldwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldwood
    • Fieldwood is located in Floyd County
  • Freeman Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Ferry
    • Freeman Ferry is located in Floyd County
  • Freemans ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freemans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
    • Freemans is located in Floyd County
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Maplewood is located in Floyd County
  • Maplewood Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Square
    • Maplewood Square is located in Floyd County
  • Riverside Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverside Park is located in Floyd County
  • Saddle Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Mountain
    • Saddle Mountain is located in Floyd County
  • Summerville Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
    • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
  • Widow Fools Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Widow Fools Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Fools Ferry
    • Widow Fools Ferry is located in Floyd County

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

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

  • Rome, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the West.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Maplewood 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 551 miles [886.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Floyd County: www.floydcountyga.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Maplewood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maplewood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2554, Longitude: -85.1375       In this case, the coordinates for Maplewood 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 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 Maplewood 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 Maplewood 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 312.719 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.284 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.463 degrees.









 

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