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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 West Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 40.783113, -81.529843
    • 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 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since West Park is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 West Park

Communities Also Named West Park ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named West Park.

There are three communities within Ohio that are also named West Park.

Beyond Ohio, we know of twelve communities that are located 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
      • 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 Ohio community of West Park [Cuyahoga County].
    • Hancock County
      • This West Park is located in Hancock County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the west of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of West Park.
    • Jefferson 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 Ohio community of West Park [Jefferson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This West Park is located in Fresno County and lies 2,066 miles [3,324.9 km]<2> to the west of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of West Park.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This West Park is located in New Castle County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<2> to the east of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of West Park.
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This West Park is located in Alachua County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<2> to the south of the West Park that is located in Stark 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 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km] to the south of the West Park that is located in Stark 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 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the south of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of West Park.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This West Park is located in Ulster County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of West Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This West Park is located in Allegheny County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the West Park that is located in Stark 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 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of West Park [Harris County].
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This West Park is located in Roanoke City and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of West Park.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This West Park is located in Kitsap County and lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the West Park that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of West Park.

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Clearview is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Crystal Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Forty Corners Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Grove Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grove Mill is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lawndale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Mayflower Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
  • New England
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Pauls ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pauls is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
  • Pigeon Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
  • Richville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Richville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Rolling Hills Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnut Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From West 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 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:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Park to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,598 miles [7,399.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West 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 West 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 West Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7831, Longitude: -81.5298       In this case, the coordinates for West Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.524 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.72 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.001 degrees.