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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.

  • 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 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Westwood Park
  • 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 Westwood Park ...

We found six communities that share the name Westwood Park.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Westwood Park.

Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
  • Florence Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
    • Florence Hill is located in Dallas County
  • Fruitdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Fruitdale is located in Dallas County
  • Grand Prairie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jim Town ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jim Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
    • Jim Town is located in Dallas County
    • Jim Town has also been known as:
    • Jimtown
  • Lakeview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Dallas County
  • Lisbon ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lisbon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Lisbon is located in Dallas County
  • Oak Cliff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
    • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
  • Pleasant Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Pleasant Run is located in Dallas County
  • Shamrock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Shamrock is located in Dallas County

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<6>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<7> 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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.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).
<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>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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.985 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.529 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.704 degrees.




 

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