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we pass this GPS location for Grove Park:
37.290414, -79.985872
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Waymarking ...
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We found twenty communities that are also named Grove Park.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Grove Park.
Beyond Virginia, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Danville City
This Grove Park is located in Danville City and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Grove Park.
Portsmouth City
This Grove Park is located in Portsmouth City and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Grove Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Grove Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grove Park.
Madison County
This Grove Park is located in Madison County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Grove Park.
Talladega County
This Grove Park is located in Talladega County and lies 453 miles [729 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Grove Park.
Florida
Alachua County
This Grove Park is located in Alachua County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Grove Park.
Duval 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 Grove Park [Duval County].
Hillsborough County
This Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Grove Park.
Polk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Grove Park [Polk County].
Georgia
Chatham County
This Grove Park is located in Chatham County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Grove Park.
Dougherty County
This Grove Park is located in Dougherty County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Grove Park.
Fulton County
This Grove Park is located in Fulton County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Grove Park.
Houston County
This Grove Park is located in Houston County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Grove Park.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Grove Park is located in Rankin County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Grove Park.
North Carolina
Alamance County
This Grove Park is located in Alamance County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Grove Park.
Harnett County
This Grove Park is located in Harnett County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Grove Park.
Lenoir County
This Grove Park is located in Lenoir County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Grove Park.
Mecklenburg County
This Grove Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Grove Park.
Ontario
This Grove Park lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north.
South Carolina
Florence County
This Grove Park is located in Florence County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Grove Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grove 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.
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 Grove Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grove Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Grove Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Grove 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 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 Grove 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>
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.
<4>
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 Grove 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 Grove Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2904, Longitude: -79.9859 In this case, the coordinates for Grove Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.698 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.256 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.514 degrees.