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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 Eastlake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastlake and the surrounding area.
- 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 Eastlake:
- 39.007674, -122.667763
- 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 Eastlake
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Eastlake is near Colusa County and also Sonoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma 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 Eastlake
Communities Also Named Eastlake ...
We found seven communities that are also named Eastlake.
There is one other community in California that is also named Eastlake.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- San Diego County
- This Eastlake is located in San Diego County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Eastlake that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Eastlake.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Adams County
- This Eastlake is located in Adams County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the east of the Eastlake that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Eastlake.
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Eastlake [Pueblo County].
- Michigan
- Manistee County
- This Eastlake is located in Manistee County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastlake that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Eastlake.
- Schoolcraft 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 Eastlake [Schoolcraft County].
- Missouri
- New Madrid County
- Although located in New Madrid County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Eastlake.
- Ohio
- Lake County
- This Eastlake is located in Lake County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastlake that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Eastlake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastlake ...
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.
- Bonanza Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bonanza Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Springs
- Clearlake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glenview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Howard Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Howard Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Lower Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperwood Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pepperwood Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood Grove
- Soda Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Vista is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Vista
- Twin Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Eastlake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eastlake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Eastlake once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastlake and extending to:
- Lakeport, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Eastlake to Lakeport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,105 miles [13,043.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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- Eastlake) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Eastlake 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eastlake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Eastlake 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 Eastlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0077, Longitude: -122.6678 In this case, the coordinates for Eastlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.539 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.617 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.318 degrees. |
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