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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 Lakewood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakewood 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 Lakewood Park:
    • 38.051589, -120.213522
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lakewood Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lakewood Park ...

We found eight communities that share the name Lakewood Park.

There is one other community in California which is also named Lakewood Park.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lakewood Park [Los Angeles County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Saint Lucie County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Saint Lucie County and lies 2,405 miles [3,870.5 km]<2> to the east of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lucie County community of Lakewood Park.
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lakewood Park [Williamson County].
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Scott County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Lakewood Park.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Worcester County and lies 2,529 miles [4,070 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Lakewood Park.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Lee County and lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km]<2> to the east of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lakewood Park.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Suffolk County and lies 2,507 miles [4,034.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Lakewood Park.
    • North Dakota
      • Ramsey County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,270 miles [2,043.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Tuolumne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Lakewood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakewood 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.

  • Cedar Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
  • Cedar Rock Lodge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
  • Confidence
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Confidence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
    • Confidence is located in Tuolumne County
  • Crystal Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
    • Crystal Falls is located in Tuolumne County
  • Mono Vista
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Vista
    • Mono Vista is located in Tuolumne County
  • Scenic Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
    • Scenic Heights is located in Tuolumne County
  • Sugarpine
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarpine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarpine
    • Sugarpine is located in Tuolumne County
  • Tall Timber Camp
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Timber Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber Camp
    • Tall Timber Camp is located in Tuolumne County
  • Twain Harte
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Twain Harte Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twain Harte Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twain Harte Valley
    • Twain Harte Valley is located in Tuolumne County
  • Willow Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Willow Springs is located in Tuolumne County

How Far From Lakewood Park to ...

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 Lakewood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sonora, which is the Seat of Tuolumne County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lakewood Park to Sonora, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,312 miles [3,720.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,354 miles [11,835.1 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 8,122 miles [13,071.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lakewood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tuolumne County: www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lakewood 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.
<2>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- Lakewood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakewood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0516, Longitude: -120.2135       In this case, the coordinates for Lakewood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lakewood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.382 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.979 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.816 degrees.




 

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