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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 Winston Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winston 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 Winston Park:
- 39.041728, -84.502442
- 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 Winston 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 Kenton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
- Since Winston Park is near Campbell County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Winston Park
Communities Also Named Winston Park ...
We found four communities that are also named Winston Park.
Within Kentucky, the name Winston Park is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Winston Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the south of the Winston Park that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Winston Park.
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Winston Park [Cook County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Winston Park is located in Monmouth County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the east of the Winston Park that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Winston Park.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Winston Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winston 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.
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bucktown is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- California is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crescent Park is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Crescent Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johns Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johns Hill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lincoln Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Court is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
- Little Buck ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Buck is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buck
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lookout Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Heights
- Over-The-Rhine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Over-The-Rhine is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Over-The-Rhine
- Park Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pool's Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pool's Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool's Creek
- Summit Hills Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Hills Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills Heights
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
How Far From Winston 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 Winston Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winston Park and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Kenton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Winston 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 400 miles [643.7 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 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 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winston 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 Winston 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Winston 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 Winston Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0417, Longitude: -84.5024 In this case, the coordinates for Winston Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.426 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.63 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.917 degrees. |
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