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 South Park:
38.313710, -81.602900
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 South 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 Kanawha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 27 communities that are also named South Park.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named South Park.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of 25 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Lewis County
This South Park is located in Lewis County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of South Park.
Monongalia County
This South Park is located in Monongalia County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of South Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This South Park is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of South Park.
California
Los Angeles 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 California community of South Park [Los Angeles County].
Riverside County
This South Park is located in Riverside County and lies 1,994 miles [3,209 km]<1> to the west of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of South Park.
San Diego County
This South Park is located in San Diego County and lies 2,020 miles [3,250.9 km] to the west of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of South Park.
Sonoma County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of South Park [Sonoma County].
Illinois
Cook 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 South Park [Cook County].
Kane County
This South Park is located in Kane County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the northwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of South Park.
Indiana
Kosciusko County
This South Park is located in Kosciusko County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of South Park.
Kansas
Johnson 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 South Park [Johnson County].
Wyandotte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of South Park [Wyandotte County].
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This South Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of South Park.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
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 Louisiana community of South Park [Caddo Parish].
Rapides Parish
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of South Park [Rapides Parish].
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This South Park is located in Saint Clair County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the north of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of South Park.
Minnesota
Dakota 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 Minnesota community of South Park [Dakota County].
New Jersey
Burlington County
This South Park is located in Burlington County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of South Park.
New York
Erie 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 South Park [Erie County].
Ohio
Cuyahoga 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 South Park [Cuyahoga County].
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of South Park [Montgomery County].
Wyandot County
This South Park is located in Wyandot County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of South Park.
South Carolina
Darlington County
This South Park is located in Darlington County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of South Park.
Florence County
This South Park is located in Florence County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km] to the south southeast of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of South Park.
Texas
Harris 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 South Park [Harris County].
Washington
King County
This South Park is located in King County and lies 2,127 miles [3,423.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of South Park.
Wyoming
Teton County
This South Park is located in Teton County and lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Park that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of South Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near South 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 & 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 South Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Park and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from South Park to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South 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 South 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 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.
<4>
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 South 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 South Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3137, Longitude: -81.6029 In this case, the coordinates for South Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.644 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.488 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.862 degrees.