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 Jefferson Park:
37.239026, -79.977815
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 Jefferson 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:
We found nine communities that are also named Jefferson Park.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Jefferson Park.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Alexandria City
This Jefferson Park is located in Alexandria City and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Jefferson Park.
Prince George County
This Jefferson Park is located in Prince George County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Jefferson Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jefferson Park.
California
Los Angeles County
This Jefferson Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,148 miles [3,456.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Jefferson Park.
Illinois
Cook County
This Jefferson Park is located in Cook County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Jefferson Park.
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Jefferson Park is located in Middlesex County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Jefferson Park.
New York
Jefferson County
This Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jefferson Park.
North Carolina
Richmond County
This Jefferson Park is located in Richmond County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Jefferson Park.
South Carolina
Sumter County
This Jefferson Park is located in Sumter County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Jefferson Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jefferson 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jefferson Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jefferson Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jefferson Park to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jefferson Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2390, Longitude: -79.9778 In this case, the coordinates for Jefferson Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.695 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.245 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.528 degrees.