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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 Clifton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clifton 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 Clifton Park:
- 41.487271, -81.802358
- 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 Clifton 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
- Since Clifton Park is near Lorain County and also Medina County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lorain County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Medina 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 Clifton Park
Communities Also Named Clifton Park ...
We found three communities that are also named Clifton Park.
Within Ohio, the name Clifton Park is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Clifton Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the south of the Clifton Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Clifton Park.
- Maryland
- Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Clifton Park [Montgomery County].
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This Clifton Park is located in Saratoga County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clifton Park that is located in Cuyahoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Clifton Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clifton 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.
- Big Italy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Italy
- Birds Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Birds Nest is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Nest
- Dutch Alley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dutch Alley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Alley
- Eagle Cliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
- Garden Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Garden Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Little Bohemia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Bohemia is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bohemia
- New Chinatown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Chinatown is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
- River Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- River Edge is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
- Rockport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Rocky River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Short Line Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Short Line Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Line Junction
How Far From Clifton 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 Clifton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clifton Park and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies just to the East.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Clifton Park to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 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 from Point A (ie- Clifton 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 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 Clifton 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'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 Clifton 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 Clifton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4873, Longitude: -81.8024 In this case, the coordinates for Clifton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.666 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.986 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.88 degrees. |
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