Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Ocean Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocean Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ocean Park
- 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 Ocean Park:
- 36.909314, -76.101323
- 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Park ...
We found six communities that share the name Ocean Park.
Within Virginia, the name Ocean Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Ocean Park lies 2,461 miles [3,960.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Ocean Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,372 miles [3,817.4 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Ocean Park.
- Maine
- York County
- This Ocean Park is located in York County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Ocean Park.
- New York
- Richmond 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 New York community of Ocean Park [Richmond County].
- Oregon
- Lincoln County
- This Ocean Park is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,525 miles [4,063.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Ocean Park.
- Washington
- Pacific County
- This Ocean Park is located in Pacific County and lies 2,517 miles [4,050.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Ocean Park.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocean 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.
- Cape Story by the Sea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cape Story by the Sea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Story by the Sea
- Cape Story by the Sea is located in Virginia Beach City
- Eastern Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Park
- Eastern Park is located in Virginia Beach City
- Garden Wood Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Wood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Wood Park
- Garden Wood Park is located in Virginia Beach City
- Kings Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Kings Grant is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lake Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
- Lake Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lakeview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Lakeview Park is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lakeview Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Shores
- Lakeview Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
- Little Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Creek is located in Virginia Beach City
- Little Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haven
- Little Haven is located in Virginia Beach City
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- Lynn Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Shores
- Lynn Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lynnhaven Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynnhaven Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnhaven Shores
- Lynnhaven Shores is located in Virginia Beach City
- Malibu
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Reedtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Robbins Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Corner
- Robbins Corner is located in Virginia Beach City
- Robinhood Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinhood Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
- Robinhood Forest is located in Virginia Beach City
- Lynn Shores
How Far From Ocean Park to ...
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 Ocean Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ocean Park and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ocean Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 146 miles [235 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,516 miles [7,267.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ocean Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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- Ocean Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ocean Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9093, Longitude: -76.1013 In this case, the coordinates for Ocean 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 Ocean 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> | 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. |
| <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 Ocean Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.466 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.652 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.09 degrees. |