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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Park:
    • 37.615736, -84.027534
    • 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 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
    • Since Park is near Jackson County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Park

Communities Also Named Park ...

We found 24 communities that are also named Park.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Park.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of 23 communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Barren County
      • This Park is located in Barren County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda 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 Park [Alameda County].
      • El Dorado County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Park [El Dorado County].
    • Florida
      • Polk 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 Florida community of Park [Polk County].
    • Idaho
      • Latah 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 Idaho community of Park [Latah County].
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • This Park is located in Greene County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Park.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo 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 Iowa community of Park [Cerro Gordo County].
      • Lyon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Park [Lyon County].
    • Kansas
      • Gove County
      • This Park is located in Gove County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gove County community of Park.
    • Michigan
      • Kent 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 Michigan community of Park [Kent County].
      • Newaygo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Park [Newaygo County].
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Park is located in Newton County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Passaic 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 New Jersey community of Park [Passaic County].
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Ohio community of Park [Columbiana County].
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Park [Hamilton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland 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 Park [Westmoreland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Maury 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 Tennessee community of Park [Maury County].
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Park [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Bowie 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 Texas community of Park [Bowie County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Park is located in Fayette County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Park.
    • Virginia
      • King George County
      • This Park is located in King George County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the east of the Park that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Park.
      • Waynesboro 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 Park [Waynesboro City].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Whatcom County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Park.
      • Whitman 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 Washington community of Park [Whitman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Crooked Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Drip Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Drip Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drip Rock
  • Happy Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Happy Top is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Top
  • Indian Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Spring is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring
  • Jinks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jinks is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks
  • Knob Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Knob Lick is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
  • Little Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Rock is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Locust Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Branch is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch
  • Lynch Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynch Town is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town
  • Pea Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Wisemantown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

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

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

  • Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Park to Frankfort, 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- 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 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6157, Longitude: -84.0275       In this case, the coordinates for Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.129 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.085 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.121 degrees.