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 Forest:
30.398017, -81.673709
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 Lake Forest
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 Duval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 27 communities that are also named Lake Forest.
There are two communities within Florida that are also named Lake Forest.
Beyond Florida, we know of 25 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Florida ...
Broward County
This Lake Forest is located in Broward County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Lake Forest.
Hillsborough County
This Lake Forest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Lake Forest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Baldwin 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 Alabama community of Lake Forest [Baldwin County].
Tuscaloosa County
This Lake Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Lake Forest.
California
Orange County
This Lake Forest is located in Orange County and lies 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lake Forest.
Placer County
This Lake Forest is located in Placer County and lies 2,244 miles [3,611.4 km] to the west northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Lake Forest.
Georgia
Cherokee County
This Lake Forest is located in Cherokee County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Lake Forest.
Gwinnett County
This Lake Forest is located in Gwinnett County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Lake Forest.
Hall County
This Lake Forest is located in Hall County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Lake Forest.
Oconee County
This Lake Forest is located in Oconee County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Lake Forest.
Illinois
Lake County
This Lake Forest is located in Lake County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lake Forest.
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
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 Louisiana community of Lake Forest [Jefferson Parish].
Orleans Parish
This Lake Forest is located in Orleans Parish and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Lake Forest.
Manitoba
This Lake Forest lies 1,610 miles [2,591 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Lake Forest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Lake Forest.
Michigan
Antrim 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 Lake Forest [Antrim County].
Mississippi
Warren County
This Lake Forest is located in Warren County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Lake Forest.
New Jersey
Morris 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 New Jersey community of Lake Forest [Morris County].
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Lake Forest is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the north of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Lake Forest.
New Hanover County
This Lake Forest is located in New Hanover County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km] to the northeast of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Lake Forest.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Lake Forest is located in Greenville County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the north of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Lake Forest.
Spartanburg County
This Lake Forest is located in Spartanburg County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the north of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Lake Forest.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Lake Forest is located in Hamilton County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Lake Forest.
Texas
Harris 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 Texas community of Lake Forest [Harris County].
Tarrant County
This Lake Forest is located in Tarrant County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Lake Forest.
Virginia
Suffolk City
This Lake Forest is located in Suffolk City and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Lake Forest.
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
This Lake Forest is located in Waukesha County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Forest that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Lake Forest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Forest ...
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.
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 Lake Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Forest and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Forest to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Forest) 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 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 Forest 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 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 Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3980, Longitude: -81.6737 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.564 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.259 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.093 degrees.