Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prospect Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prospect Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prospect 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 Prospect Park:
- 41.517008, -78.215564
- 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 Prospect 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 Cameron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cameron County
- Since Prospect Park is near McKean County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McKean County
- eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Prospect Park ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Prospect Park.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Prospect Park.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Delaware County
- This Prospect Park is located in Delaware County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Prospect Park that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Prospect Park.
- Northampton County
- This Prospect Park is located in Northampton County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prospect Park that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Prospect Park.
- Delaware County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Prospect Park [Los Angeles County].
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Prospect Park [Cook County].
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Prospect Park [DuPage County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Prospect Park [Saint Clair County].
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie 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 Iowa community of Prospect Park [Pottawattamie County].
- Kansas
- Sedgwick County
- This Prospect Park is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Park that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Prospect Park.
- Minnesota
- Ramsey 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 Minnesota community of Prospect Park [Ramsey County].
- New York
- Kings 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 New York community of Prospect Park [Kings County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Prospect Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<1> to the west of the Prospect Park that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Prospect Park.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prospect 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.
- Dents Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Driftwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Driftwood is located in Cameron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driftwood <4>
- Emporium
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emporium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporium
- Emporium is located in Cameron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emporium <4>
- First Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for First Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
- First Fork is located in Cameron County
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Potter County
- Hicks Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Howard Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Siding
- Howard Siding is located in Cameron County
- Keating Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keating Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Lawn View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Mix Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Rich Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Rich Valley is located in Cameron County
How Far From Prospect Park 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 Prospect Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prospect Park and extending to:
- Emporium, which is the Seat of Cameron County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Prospect Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prospect Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prospect Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5170, Longitude: -78.2156 In this case, the coordinates for Prospect Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Prospect 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. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Prospect 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 308.42 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.447 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.202 degrees. |