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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 North Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North 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 North Park:
    • 40.085628, -80.714248
    • 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 North 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 Ohio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
    • Since North Park is near Belmont County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
  • 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 North Park

Communities Also Named North Park ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named North Park.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named North Park.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Putnam County
      • This North Park is located in Putnam County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of North Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This North Park is located in San Diego County and lies 2,070 miles [3,331.3 km]<1> to the west of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of North Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This North Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the south of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of North Park.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This North Park is located in Cook County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of North Park.
      • Winnebago County
      • This North Park is located in Winnebago County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km] to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of North Park.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This North Park is located in Bartholomew County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the west of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of North Park.
      • Vanderburgh 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 Indiana community of North Park [Vanderburgh County].
    • Michigan
      • Kent 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 Michigan community of North Park [Kent County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This North Park is located in Lee County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the southwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of North Park.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of North Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This North Park is located in Bucks County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of North Park.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This North Park lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This North Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of North Park.
    • Texas
      • Taylor 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 Texas community of North Park [Taylor County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This North Park is located in Davis County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of North Park.
      • Weber County
      • This North Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km] to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of North Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This North Park is located in King County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Park that is located in Ohio County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of North Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine 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 Wisconsin community of North Park [Racine County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.

  • Clearview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Clearview is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
  • Echo Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Echo Point is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Point
  • Florence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Florence is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Glenns Run ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Glenns Run is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Run
  • Greggsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greggsville is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggsville
  • Martins Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mozart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mozart is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
  • Riverview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverview is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Sunset Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sunset Heights is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
  • Terminal Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Terminal Junction is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal Junction
  • Vineyard Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Vineyard Hills is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Hills
  • Warwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Warwood is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwood

How Far From North Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wheeling, which is the Seat of Ohio County, lies just to the South.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from North Park to Charleston, 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North 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 North 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 North 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 North Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0856, Longitude: -80.7142       In this case, the coordinates for North Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.046 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.071 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.875 degrees.