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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 Community Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Community 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 Community Park:
    • 42.115373, -71.907850
    • 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 Community 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 Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Since Community Park is near Windham County and also Providence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Providence 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 Community Park

Communities Also Named Community Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Community Park.

Within Massachusetts, the name Community Park is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Community Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Community Park is located in Oswego County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Community Park that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Community Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Community 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.

  • Chaseville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chaseville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
  • Dodge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dodge is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
  • Glen Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Grove is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Globe Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Globe Village is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Greenville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Lakeview Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Loveland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Loveland is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
  • Marions Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Marions Camp is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marions Camp
  • Mystic Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mystic Grove is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Grove
  • Pondville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pondville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Texas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Texas is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Tufts Village ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tufts Village is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tufts Village
  • Union Chapel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Chapel is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel

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

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

  • Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Community Park to Worcester, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,549 miles [8,930.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,133 miles [6,651.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Community Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Community 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 Community Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1154, Longitude: -71.9078       In this case, the coordinates for Community Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.519 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.142 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.075 degrees.