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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 Kingwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingwood 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 Kingwood Park:
    • 44.936786, -123.066764
    • 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 Kingwood 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Since Kingwood Park is near Marion County and also Yamhill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill 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 Kingwood Park

Communities Also Named Kingwood Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Kingwood Park.

Within Oregon, the name Kingwood Park is unique.

Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Kingwood Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Kingwood Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,510 miles [4,039.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kingwood Park that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Kingwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingwood 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.

  • Badger Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Badger Corner is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Corner
  • Brush College
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Brush College is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush College
  • Four Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Four Corners is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Fruitland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fruitland is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lincoln
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pringle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pringle is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • Rosedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rosedale is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Sunnyside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Kingwood 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 Kingwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Kingwood Park once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingwood Park and extending to:

  • Dallas, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Kingwood Park to Dallas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies just to the east (E).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,721 miles [12,425.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kingwood Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Kingwood 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 Kingwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9368, Longitude: -123.0668       In this case, the coordinates for Kingwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.34 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.843 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.406 degrees.