Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lake City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lake City
- 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 Lake City:
- 38.029113, -107.315723
- 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 Lake City
- 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 Hinsdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hinsdale County
- Since Lake City is near San Juan County and also Gunnison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- eBird sighting report for Gunnison 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lake City ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Lake City.
Within Colorado, the name Lake City is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Modoc County
- This Lake City is located in Modoc County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Lake City.
- Nevada County
- This Lake City is located in Nevada County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the west northwest of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Lake City.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Barber County
- This Lake City is located in Barber County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barber County community of Lake City.
- Franklin 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 Lake City [Franklin County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Humphreys County
- This Lake City is located in Humphreys County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Lake City.
- Prentiss County
- This Lake City is located in Prentiss County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km] to the east of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Lake City.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- Elk County
- This Lake City is located in Elk County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Lake City.
- Erie County
- This Lake City is located in Erie County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km] to the east northeast of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Lake City.
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Marshall County
- This Lake City is located in Marshall County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Lake City.
- Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Lake City [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
- Washington
- King County
- This Lake City is located in King County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lake City.
- Pierce County
- This Lake City is located in Pierce County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km] to the northwest of the Lake City that is located in Hinsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Lake City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake City ...
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.
- Capitol City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol City
- Capitol City is located in Hinsdale County
- Carson ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Carson is located in Hinsdale County
- Cathedral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Eureka ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in San Juan County
- Gateview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Henson ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Howardsville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Howardsville is located in San Juan County
- Powderhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn
- Powderhorn is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powderhorn <5>
- Thistledown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thistledown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
How Far From Lake City 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 town such as Lake City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake City and extending to:
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake City to Denver, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,803 miles [12,557.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,737 miles [9,232.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hinsdale County: www.hinsdalecountycolorado.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0291, Longitude: -107.3157 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lake City 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> | 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 Lake City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Lake City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.105 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.719 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.398 degrees. |