Discovery Parkette

Discovery Parkette is a park in Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario. Discovery Parkette is situated nearby to the community center Langstaff Community Centre, as well as near Dr. James Langstaff Comunity Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Langstaff GO Station and Richmond Hill Centre Terminal.

Langstaff GO Station

Railway station

Photo: Secondarywaltz, Public domain.

Langstaff GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario in Canada. It is a stop on the Richmond Hill line train service and is a planned station on the Ontario Northlander. Langstaff GO Station is situated 740 metres south of Discovery Parkette.

Richmond Hill Centre Terminal

Bus station

Photo: Raysonho, CC0.

Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in downtown Richmond Hill, but is situated 4 km to the south at the city's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection. Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is situated 590 metres south of Discovery Parkette.

David Dunlap Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The David Dunlap Observatory is an astronomical observatory site in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1935, it was owned and operated by the University of Toronto until 2008. David Dunlap Observatory is situated 2 km north of Discovery Parkette.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langstaff and Thornhill.

Langstaff

Neighborhood

Photo: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Langstaff is a residential area at the tripoint of the cities of Richmond Hill, Markham, and Vaughan in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Located near Highway 7 and Yonge Street, the homes in the area date to the 1960s and 1970s.

Thornhill

Suburb

Photo: Pakx2, Public domain.

Thornhill is a suburban district in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. The western portion of Thornhill is within the City of Vaughan and its eastern portion is within the City of Markham, with Yonge Street forming the boundary between Vaughan and Markham. Thornhill is situated 3 km south of Discovery Parkette.

Richmond Hill

Photo: CCC2012, CC0.

Richmond Hill is a city in Southern Ontario in the central portion of York Region. It's part of the Greater Toronto Area, about 20 km north of the downtown core of Toronto.

Discovery Parkette

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Richmond Hill, York Region, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.84517° or 43° 50′ 43″ north

Longitude

-79.42369° or 79° 25′ 25″ west

Open location code

87M2RHWG+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 688428341

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Langstaff Community Centre and Dr. James Langstaff Comunity Park.

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