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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 Windsor Park:
37.252081, -80.001427
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We found seventeen communities that share the name Windsor Park.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Windsor Park.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Goochland County
This Windsor Park is located in Goochland County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Windsor Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Windsor Park lies 2,279 miles [3,667.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
Georgia
Lowndes County
This Windsor Park is located in Lowndes County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Windsor Park.
Muscogee County
This Windsor Park is located in Muscogee County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Windsor Park.
Illinois
Champaign 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 Windsor Park [Champaign County].
Cook County
This Windsor Park is located in Cook County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Windsor Park.
Kansas
Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Windsor Park [Sedgwick County].
Maryland
Prince George's County
This Windsor Park is located in Prince George's County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Windsor Park.
Mississippi
Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Windsor Park [Jackson County].
New Jersey
Camden County
This Windsor Park is located in Camden County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Windsor Park.
Ocean County
This Windsor Park is located in Ocean County and lies 366 miles [589 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Windsor Park.
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Windsor Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Windsor Park.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Windsor Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Windsor Park.
York 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 Windsor Park [York County].
South Carolina
Chesterfield County
This Windsor Park is located in Chesterfield County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Windsor Park.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Windsor Park is located in Blount County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Windsor Park.
Knox County
This Windsor Park is located in Knox County and lies 238 miles [383 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Windsor Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsor 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.
Castle Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Windsor Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windsor Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Windsor Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 197 miles [317 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<5> 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).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsor Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Windsor Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2521, Longitude: -80.0014 In this case, the coordinates for Windsor 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 Windsor 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 Windsor 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 309.708 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.262 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.533 degrees.