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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 Love Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Love 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 Love Park:
- 35.268471, -81.172022
- 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 Love 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 Gaston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gaston County
- Since Love Park is near York County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Love Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Love 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.
- Alexis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Boogertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boogertown is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boogertown
- Bowling Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Craig Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craig Heights is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Heights
- Forest Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Brook is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Brook
- Groves
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Groves is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Jenkins Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jenkins Heights is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Heights
- Kings Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Paradise Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Point is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
- Springwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springwood is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tryon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
How Far From Love 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 Love Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Love Park and extending to:
- Gastonia, which is the Seat of Gaston County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Love Park to Raleigh, 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Love Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Love 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 Love Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2685, Longitude: -81.1720 In this case, the coordinates for Love Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.412 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.621 degrees. |
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