Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Park City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Park City
- 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 City:
- 35.986750, -83.893517
- 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 Park City
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Park City is near Hamilton County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Park City ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Park City.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Park City.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Park City.
- Park County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Park City [Park County].
- Florida
- Broward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Park City [Broward County].
- Hillsborough County
- This Park City is located in Hillsborough County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the south of the Park City that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park City.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- This Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park City that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of Park City.
- Stillwater County
- This Park City is located in Stillwater County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km] to the northwest of the Park City that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stillwater County community of Park City.
- Yellowstone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Park City [Yellowstone County].
- New Mexico
- South Carolina
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Park City ...
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.
- Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Black Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Forks of the River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of the River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of the River
- Forks of the River is located in Knox County
- Fountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Greenway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Island Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Home
- Island Home is located in Knox County
- Kings Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Knox County
- Loveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Marble City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Marble City is located in Knox County
- Marbledale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marbledale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbledale
- Marbledale is located in Knox County
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- Mule Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mule Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Hollow
- Mule Hollow is located in Knox County
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Ruggles Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruggles Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Ferry
- Ruggles Ferry is located in Knox County
- Spring Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Whittle Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittle Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs
- Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
- Mule Hollow
How Far From Park City 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 City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Park City and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Park City to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Park City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 from Point A (ie- Park City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Park City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9868, Longitude: -83.8935 In this case, the coordinates for Park City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Park City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 City 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Park City 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 312.028 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.735 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.516 degrees. |