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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 Westwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westwood Park and the surrounding area.
- 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 Westwood Park:
- 32.701799, -96.878058
- 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 Westwood 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Westwood Park is near Ellis County and also Tarrant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant 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 Westwood Park
Communities Also Named Westwood Park ...
We found six communities that are also named Westwood Park.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Westwood Park.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Harris County
- This Westwood Park is located in Harris County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Westwood Park that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Westwood Park.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New London 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 Connecticut community of Westwood Park [New London County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Westwood Park is located in Caddo Parish and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east of the Westwood Park that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Westwood Park.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Westwood Park [Delaware County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Westwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Westwood Park that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Westwood Park.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Westwood Park is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Westwood Park that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Westwood Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westwood 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.
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- DeSoto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Florence Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Florence Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Fruitdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fruitdale is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Grand Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jim Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Jim Town has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Oak Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Pleasant Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Run is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Shamrock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shamrock is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Westwood 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 Westwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westwood Park and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Westwood Park to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,725 miles [12,432.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Westwood 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 Westwood 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 Westwood 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 Westwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7018, Longitude: -96.8781 In this case, the coordinates for Westwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.985 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.529 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.704 degrees. |
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