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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 Liberty Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liberty 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 Liberty Park:
    • 41.432536, -87.368647
    • 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 Liberty 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 Liberty Park ...

We found five communities that share the name Liberty Park.

Within Indiana, the name Liberty Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Liberty Park is located in Orange County and lies 1,748 miles [2,813.1 km]<1> to the west of the Liberty Park that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Liberty Park.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage 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 Liberty Park [DuPage County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Liberty Park is located in Charleston County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Liberty Park that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Liberty Park.
      • Greenville County
      • This Liberty Park is located in Greenville County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the south southeast of the Liberty Park that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Liberty Park.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Liberty Park [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liberty 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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Cedar Lake is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,588 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Lake <4>
  • Cook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
    • Cook is located in Lake County
  • Crown Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Deer Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Deer Creek is located in Lake County
  • Green Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Lake County
  • Independence Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Hill
    • Independence Hill is located in Lake County
  • Lincoln Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
  • Lottaville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lottaville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
    • Lottaville is located in Lake County
  • Merrillville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shady Lawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lawn
    • Shady Lawn is located in Lake County
  • Turkey Creek Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek Meadows
    • Turkey Creek Meadows is located in Lake County

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

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

  • Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Liberty Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyin.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Liberty Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Liberty Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4325, Longitude: -87.3686       In this case, the coordinates for Liberty 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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 314.263 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.071 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.566 degrees.




 

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