Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parkwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkwood Village and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Parkwood Village
- 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 Parkwood Village:
- 41.857778, -80.772500
- 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 Parkwood Village
- 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
- Since Parkwood Village is near Lake County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Parkwood Village ...
We found three communities that share the name Parkwood Village.
Within Ohio, the name Parkwood Village is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Parkwood Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the south of the Parkwood Village that is located in Ashtabula County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Parkwood Village.
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Parkwood Village [Cook County].
- Texas
- Galveston County
- This Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Parkwood Village that is located in Ashtabula County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Parkwood Village.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkwood Village ...
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.
- Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Crestlawn Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestlawn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
- Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
- Erieview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Gageville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsville <4>
- Kingsville On-the-Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville On-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville On-the-Lake
- Kingsville On-the-Lake is located in Ashtabula County
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Willow Arms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Arms
- Willow Arms is located in Ashtabula County
How Far From Parkwood Village 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 Parkwood Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkwood Village and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Parkwood Village to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkwood Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ashtabula County: www.co.ashtabula.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Parkwood Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8578, Longitude: -80.7725 In this case, the coordinates for Parkwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Parkwood Village 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> | 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 Parkwood Village 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 309.995 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.283 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.26 degrees. |