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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 Park Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Village 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 Park Village:
    • 39.965932, -76.736634
    • 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 Park 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Park Village is near Lancaster County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Park Village

Communities Also Named Park Village ...

We found seven communities that are also named Park Village.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Park Village is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Park Village is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Park Village.
      • Inyo County
      • This Park Village is located in Inyo County and lies 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km] to the west of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Inyo County community of Park Village.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Park Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park Village.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • This Park Village is located in Union County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Park Village.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Park Village is located in Niagara County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Park Village.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Park Village is located in Putnam County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park Village that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Park Village.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Park Village [Bexar County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park 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.

  • Clear View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear View is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fairway is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Fayfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fayfield is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayfield
  • Fireside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fireside Park is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Park
  • Fireside Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Fireside Terrace is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Terrace
  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Run is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Green Acres is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Green Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Greenridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenridge is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Herman Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Herman Heights is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman Heights
  • Hill-n-Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill-n-Dale is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-n-Dale
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Holly Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Holly Heights is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
    • Homeland Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Homeland Gardens is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Gardens
    • Pleasureville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasureville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
    • Poplars
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Poplars is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplars
    • Randolph Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Randolph Park is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Park
    • Roundtown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Roundtown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtown
    • Skyline Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Skyline Heights is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
    • Violet Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Violet Hill is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
    • Woodland View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodland View is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland View
    • Woodstream
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodstream is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Park Village and extending to:

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Park Village to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 75 miles [120.7 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,425 miles [7,121.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Park Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Park 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>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 Park Village 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 Park Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9659, Longitude: -76.7366       In this case, the coordinates for Park Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.637 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.318 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.165 degrees.