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:
- 42.267761, -94.730815
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Lake City is near Carroll County and also Sac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- eBird sighting report for Sac 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 Iowa, the name Lake City is unique.
Beyond Iowa, 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 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<1> to the west of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km] to the west of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Lake City.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Barber County
- This Lake City is located in Barber County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the southeast of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the east of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the east of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km] to the west northwest of the Lake City that is located in Calhoun 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.
- Hart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Jolley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Lake View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake View is located in Sac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake View <5>
- Maple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Piper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Richard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Sac City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City
- Sac City is located in Sac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sac City <5>
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sac City Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Twin Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
How Far From Lake City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city 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:
- Rockwell City, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake City to Rockwell City, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 954 miles [1,535.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 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 State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 42.2678, Longitude: -94.7308 In this case, the coordinates for Lake City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 319.281 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.93 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.084 degrees. |