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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 Lakecrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakecrest 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 Lakecrest:
    • 39.850278, -105.120000
    • 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 Lakecrest
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Lakecrest is near Adams County and also Broomfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield 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 Lakecrest

Communities Also Named Lakecrest ...

We found four communities that are also named Lakecrest.

Within Colorado, the name Lakecrest is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery 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 Lakecrest [Montgomery County].
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton 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 Indiana community of Lakecrest [Hamilton County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Lakecrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lakecrest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Lakecrest.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Lakecrest is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<2> to the east of the Lakecrest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Lakecrest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakecrest ...

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.

  • Candlelight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Candlelight is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Countryside is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Far Horizon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Far Horizon is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far Horizon
  • Green Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hackberry Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hackberry Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry Hills
  • Harris Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harris Park is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Park
  • Hidden Creek Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Creek Park is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek Park
  • Lake Arbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lake Arbor is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arbor
  • Meadow Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Park Slope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
  • Rainbow Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rainbow Ridge is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
  • Scenic Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Spring Mesa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Spring Mesa is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mesa
    • Sunset Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sunset Ridge is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
    • Sunstream
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sunstream is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstream
    • Walnut Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Wood Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wood Run is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Run

How Far From Lakecrest 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 Lakecrest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Lakecrest to Denver, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,633 miles [12,284.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Lakecrest 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' (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- Lakecrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lakecrest 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 Lakecrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8503, Longitude: -105.1200       In this case, the coordinates for Lakecrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.638 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.18 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.03 degrees.