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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 Central Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central 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 Central Park:
    • 33.820947, -88.559767
    • 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 Central 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Central Park is near Chickasaw County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Central Park

Communities Also Named Central Park ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Central Park.

Within Mississippi, the name Central Park is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Central Park lies 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Central Park is located in Glynn County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Central Park.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Central Park is located in Cook County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the north of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Central Park.
      • Vermilion 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 Central Park [Vermilion County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Central Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Central Park.
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa 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 Central Park [Ottawa County].
    • Montana
      • Gallatin 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 Montana community of Central Park [Gallatin County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford County
      • This Central Park is located in Strafford County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Central Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex 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 Central Park [Middlesex County].
      • Salem County
      • This Central Park is located in Salem County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Central Park.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 York community of Central Park [Erie County].
      • Queens 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 New York community of Central Park [Queens County].
    • Ontario
      • This Central Park lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Central Park [Allegheny County].
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Central Park is located in Harris County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Central Park.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Central Park is located in Chesterfield County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Central Park.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the northwest of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Central Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Central Park is located in Douglas County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the north of the Central Park that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Central Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Central 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.

  • Coon Tail ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Coon Tail is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Tail
  • Evergreen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Piney Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Piney Grove is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Prairie is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
  • Rodgers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rodgers is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
  • Tanglewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Tanglewood is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Tucker Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Tucker Place is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Place

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

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

  • Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Central Park to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,200 miles [8,368.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Central 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Central 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 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.
<4>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 Central 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 Central Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8209, Longitude: -88.5598       In this case, the coordinates for Central Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.766 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.589 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.951 degrees.