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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 Sherwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherwood 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 Sherwood Park:
    • 40.285089, -76.958031
    • 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 Sherwood 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Sherwood Park is near Dauphin County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Sherwood Park

Communities Also Named Sherwood Park ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Sherwood Park.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Sherwood Park is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Madison County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Alberta
      • This Sherwood Park lies 1,914 miles [3,080.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in New Castle County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Palm Beach County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Clayton County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Sherwood Park.
      • Cobb County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Cobb County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km] to the southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Sherwood Park [Kalamazoo County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Sherwood Park lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Rensselaer County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Sherwood Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sherwood Park.
      • Moore County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Moore County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the south southwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Sherwood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Clark County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the west of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sherwood Park.
      • Weber County
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km] to the west northwest of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Sherwood Park.
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • This Sherwood Park is located in Hampton City and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the south of the Sherwood Park that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Sherwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherwood 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.

  • Coventry Close
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
  • Enola
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fort Couch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
  • Glenvale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenvale is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
  • Good Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Good Hope Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
  • Jackson Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
  • Kingwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Knob Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
  • Overview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Overview is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
  • Peace Church
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
  • Sporting Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
  • Summerdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale

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

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

  • Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sherwood Park to Carlisle, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the east (E).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Sherwood Park) 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 Sherwood 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Sherwood 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 Sherwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2851, Longitude: -76.9580       In this case, the coordinates for Sherwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.746 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.491 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.133 degrees.