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36.802500, -76.212222
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We found 36 communities that share the name College Park.
There are eight communities within Virginia that are also named College Park.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Alexandria City
This College Park is located in Alexandria City and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of College Park.
Chesterfield County
This College Park is located in Chesterfield County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of College Park.
Frederick County
This College Park is located in Frederick County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of College Park.
Lynchburg City
This College Park is located in Lynchburg City and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of College Park.
Newport News City
This College Park is located in Newport News City and lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of College Park.
Radford City
This College Park is located in Radford City and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of College Park.
Staunton City
This College Park is located in Staunton City and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Staunton City community of College Park.
Suffolk City
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 Virginia community of College Park [Suffolk City].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Pike County
This College Park is located in Pike County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of College Park.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This College Park is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,028 miles [3,263.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of College Park.
Arkansas
Jefferson County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of College Park [Jefferson County].
California
Santa Clara County
This College Park is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,492 miles [4,010.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of College Park.
Ventura 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 College Park [Ventura County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This College Park is located in New Castle County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of College Park.
Florida
Broward County
This College Park is located in Broward County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of College Park.
Duval County
This College Park is located in Duval County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of College Park.
Orange 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 Florida community of College Park [Orange County].
Saint Johns County
This College Park is located in Saint Johns County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of College Park.
Georgia
Fulton County
This College Park is located in Fulton County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of College Park.
Glynn County
This College Park is located in Glynn County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of College Park.
Habersham County
This College Park is located in Habersham County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of College Park.
Illinois
Kane 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 College Park [Kane County].
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This College Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of College Park.
Maryland
Prince George's County
This College Park is located in Prince George's County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of College Park.
Michigan
Wayne 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 College Park [Wayne County].
New York
Dutchess County
This College Park is located in Dutchess County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of College Park.
North Carolina
Craven County
This College Park is located in Craven County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of College Park.
Guilford 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 North Carolina community of College Park [Guilford County].
Onslow County
This College Park is located in Onslow County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of College Park.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery 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 College Park [Montgomery County].
Union County
This College Park is located in Union County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of College Park.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
This College Park is located in Berkeley County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of College Park.
Cherokee County
This College Park is located in Cherokee County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of College Park.
Florence County
This College Park is located in Florence County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of College Park.
Horry County
This College Park is located in Horry County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of College Park.
Tennessee
Carter County
This College Park is located in Carter County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of College Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near College 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.
Arrowhead (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as College Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in College Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from College Park to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in College Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8025, Longitude: -76.2122 In this case, the coordinates for College 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 College 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 . 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>
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 College Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 College 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 307.534 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.714 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.173 degrees.