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we pass this GPS location for Morgan Park:
39.346774, -76.578855
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Waymarking ...
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We found five communities that are also named Morgan Park.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Morgan Park.
Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Maryland ...
Harford County
This Morgan Park is located in Harford County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Morgan Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Cook County
This Morgan Park is located in Cook County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Morgan Park.
Indiana
Porter County
This Morgan Park is located in Porter County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Morgan Park.
Michigan
Calhoun 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 Morgan Park [Calhoun County].
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Morgan Park is located in Saint Louis County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Morgan Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgan 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.
Charles Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Morgan Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morgan Park and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Morgan Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 39 miles [62.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,442 miles [7,148.7 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- Morgan Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Morgan 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 . 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 Morgan 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 Morgan Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3468, Longitude: -76.5789 In this case, the coordinates for Morgan Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.589 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.167 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.345 degrees.