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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 Sharon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharon 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 Sharon Park:
    • 37.641256, -77.384703
    • 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 Sharon Park
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
    • Since Sharon Park is near Henrico County and also Richmond City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond City
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Sharon Park

Communities Also Named Sharon Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Sharon Park.

Within Virginia, the name Sharon Park is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Sharon Park is located in Chatham County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sharon Park that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Sharon Park.
    • Ohio
      • Allen 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 Ohio community of Sharon Park [Allen County].
      • Butler County
      • This Sharon Park is located in Butler County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sharon Park that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Sharon 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 Sharon Park [Delaware County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Sharon Park is located in Greenville County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon Park that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Sharon Park.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Sharon Park is located in Maury County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon Park that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Sharon Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharon 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.

  • Ashcake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ashcake is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcake
  • Cherrydale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherrydale is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
  • Chickahominy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chickahominy is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickahominy
  • Dogwood Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogwood Knoll is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Knoll
  • Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Holly Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holly Ridge is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
  • Kings Charter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Charter is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Charter
  • Kingswood Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingswood Court is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Court
  • Lincoln Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lynn Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lynn Grove is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Grove
  • Meadow Gate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Gate is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Gate
  • Mechanicsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mimosa Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Mimosa Hills is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Hills
    • Patrick Henry Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pebblebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pebblebrook is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
    • Raven Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Raven Run is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
    • Robin Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Robin Ridge is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
    • Spring Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Meadows is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
    • Twin Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Walnut Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Sharon 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 Sharon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharon Park and extending to:

  • Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sharon Park to White House, 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharon 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 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 Sharon 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>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 Sharon 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 Sharon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6413, Longitude: -77.3847       In this case, the coordinates for Sharon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.164 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.559 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.33 degrees.