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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 Parkstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkstown 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 Parkstown:
    • 41.016449, -80.406455
    • 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 Parkstown
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Parkstown is near Mahoning County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Parkstown

Communities Also Named Parkstown ...

We found two communities that are also named Parkstown.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Parkstown.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Parkstown in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Cambria County
      • This Parkstown is located in Cambria County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Parkstown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Parkstown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • This Parkstown is located in Wayne County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Parkstown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Parkstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkstown ...

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.

  • Clover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clover is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Coverts
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Coverts is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
  • Edinburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Grahms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grahms is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
  • Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harbor is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Hillsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
  • Joyce
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Joyce is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • Painter Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Painter Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Hill
  • Peanut
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Peanut is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Willow Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From Parkstown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Parkstown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Parkstown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Parkstown 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 Parkstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0164, Longitude: -80.4065       In this case, the coordinates for Parkstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.812 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.946 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.40 degrees.