Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clayton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clayton Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clayton Park
- 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 Clayton Park:
- 35.207087, -80.893406
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Clayton 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Clayton Park is near Gaston County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gaston County
- eBird sighting report for York 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Clayton Park ...
We found two communities that share the name Clayton Park.
Within North Carolina, the name Clayton Park is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nova Scotia
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Clayton Park.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Clayton Park is located in Harris County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clayton Park that is located in Mecklenburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Clayton Park.
- Nova Scotia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clayton 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.
- Berryhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Charlotte
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900,350 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <4>
- Cherry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Deerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fairmeadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmeadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmeadows
- Fairmeadows is located in Mecklenburg County
- Firestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Garden Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Garden Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lewis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Olympic Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olympic Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Woods
- Olympic Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Paw Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Providence Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Park
- Providence Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Ramblewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Ramblewood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Southpark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Toddville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Town Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Tryon Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tryon Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Hills
- Tryon Hills is located in Mecklenburg County
- Twelve Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelve Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Twelve Oaks is located in Mecklenburg County
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Windsong Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsong Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Trails
- Windsong Trails is located in Mecklenburg County
- Lewis
How Far From Clayton 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 Clayton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clayton Park and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Clayton Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 331 miles [532.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clayton Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mecklenburg County: www.charmeck.org
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Clayton 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Clayton Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clayton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2071, Longitude: -80.8934 In this case, the coordinates for Clayton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Clayton Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.583 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.529 degrees. |