Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arlington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arlington Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arlington 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 Arlington Park:
- 39.905100, -76.685524
- 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 Arlington 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Arlington Park is near Lancaster County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Arlington Park ...
We found seven communities that share the name Arlington Park.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Arlington Park.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Allegheny 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 Arlington Park [Allegheny County].
- Allegheny County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld 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 Colorado community of Arlington Park [Weld County].
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Arlington Park is located in Broward County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Arlington Park that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Arlington Park.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Arlington Park is located in Bibb County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Arlington Park that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Arlington Park.
- Indiana
- Allen 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 Indiana community of Arlington Park [Allen County].
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- This Arlington Park is located in Rockingham County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Arlington Park that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Arlington Park.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Arlington Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Arlington Park that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Arlington Park.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arlington 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.
- Chapel View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel View
- Chapel View is located in York County
- East Yoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in York County
- Green Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Green Hill is located in York County
- Hill-n-Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill-n-Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-n-Dale
- Hill-n-Dale is located in York County
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Homeland Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeland Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Gardens
- Homeland Gardens is located in York County
- Randolph Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Park
- Randolph Park is located in York County
- Relay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Robin Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robin Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Heights
- Robin Heights is located in York County
- Spry
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Violet Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
- Violet Hill is located in York County
How Far From Arlington 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 Arlington Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arlington Park and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Arlington Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,425 miles [7,121.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arlington Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for York County: www.york-county.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.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 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 Arlington 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arlington Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arlington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9051, Longitude: -76.6855 In this case, the coordinates for Arlington 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 Arlington 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 307.611 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.279 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.168 degrees. |