Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in North Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for North Park
- 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 North Park:
- 39.296718, -85.954160
- 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 North 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 Bartholomew County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bartholomew County
- Since North Park is near Johnson County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- eBird sighting report for Shelby 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named North Park ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name North Park.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named North Park.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Vanderburgh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of North Park [Vanderburgh County].
- Vanderburgh County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego County
- This North Park is located in San Diego County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<2> to the west of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of North Park.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This North Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of North Park.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This North Park is located in Cook County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of North Park.
- Winnebago County
- This North Park is located in Winnebago County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of North Park.
- Michigan
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Park [Kent County].
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- This North Park is located in Lee County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of North Park.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of North Park.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This North Park is located in Bucks County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<2> to the east of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of North Park.
- Saskatchewan
- This North Park lies 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- This North Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of North Park.
- Texas
- Taylor County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of North Park [Taylor County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This North Park is located in Davis County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of North Park.
- Weber County
- This North Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km] to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of North Park.
- Washington
- King County
- This North Park is located in King County and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of North Park.
- West Virginia
- Ohio County
- This North Park is located in Ohio County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of North Park.
- Putnam County
- This North Park is located in Putnam County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the east of the North Park that is located in Bartholomew County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of North Park.
- Wisconsin
- Racine County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of North Park [Racine County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Bartholomew County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
- Corn Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Cuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Edinburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
- Edinburgh is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburgh <3>
- Flat Rock Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Park
- Flat Rock Park is located in Bartholomew County
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Bartholomew County
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Pleasant View Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
How Far From North Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Park and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Bartholomew County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from North Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bartholomew County: www.bartholomewco.com/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 North 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2967, Longitude: -85.9542 In this case, the coordinates for North Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 North 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 313.345 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.717 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.505 degrees. |