Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West 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 West Park:
- 41.018387, -83.674655
- 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 West 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since West Park is near Wood County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 West Park ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name West Park.
There are three communities within Ohio that are also named West Park.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Cuyahoga County
- Jefferson County
- Stark County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This West Park is located in Alachua County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<2> to the south of the West Park that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of West Park.
- Broward County
- This West Park is located in Broward County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km] to the south of the West Park that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of West Park.
- Hillsborough County
- This West Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the south of the West Park that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of West Park.
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This West Park is located in Allegheny County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<2> to the east of the West Park that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of West Park.
- Philadelphia County
- 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 Pennsylvania community of West Park [Philadelphia County].
- Quebec
- This West Park lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the West Park that is located in Hancock County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near West 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.
- Beagle ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Deweyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deweyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Deweyville is located in Hancock County
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Lewisville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Hancock County
- Martinstown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Martinstown is located in Hancock County
- Pratts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Wineland ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From West 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 West Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Park and extending to:
- Findlay, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from West Park to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 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 West 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 '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- West Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0184, Longitude: -83.6747 In this case, the coordinates for West 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 West 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 311.873 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.288 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.921 degrees. |