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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lakewood Park
- 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:
- 41.579197, -90.676530
- 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
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Lakewood Park is near Muscatine County and also Rock Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Muscatine County
- eBird sighting report for Rock Island 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 Lakewood Park ...
We found eight communities that share the name Lakewood Park.
Within Iowa, the name Lakewood Park is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- 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].
- Tuolumne County
- This Lakewood Park is located in Tuolumne County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<2> to the west of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Lakewood Park.
- Florida
- Saint Lucie County
- This Lakewood Park is located in Saint Lucie County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott 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].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This Lakewood Park is located in Worcester County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<2> to the east of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott 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 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott 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 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<2> to the east of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott 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 602 miles [968.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lakewood Park that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Lakewood Park.
- California
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.
- Black Hawk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Black Hawk is located in Scott County
- Blue Grass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Grass <4>
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Scott County
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Scott County
- Hickory Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Little Groves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Groves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Groves
- Little Groves is located in Scott County
- Maysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Mount Joy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Rock Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Island <4>
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Scott 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:
- Davenport, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lakewood Park to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>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 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Scott County: www.scottcountyiowa.com/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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 things 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: 41.5792, Longitude: -90.6765 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 316.473 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.617 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.166 degrees. |