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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 Lakeside Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeside Park 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 Lakeside Park:
    • 41.252267, -85.849158
    • 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 Lakeside 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 Kosciusko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
    • Since Lakeside Park is near Noble County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley 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 Lakeside Park

Communities Also Named Lakeside Park ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Lakeside Park.

There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Lakeside Park.

Beyond Indiana, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • LaGrange County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in LaGrange County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Lakeside Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,843 miles [2,966 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Chatham County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Kenton County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Lakeside Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Mercer County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Lakeside Park.
    • New York
      • Albany 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 York community of Lakeside Park [Albany County].
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Chautauqua County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Lakeside Park.
      • Orleans County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Orleans County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the east northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Lakeside Park.
      • Steuben County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Steuben County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Hamilton County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Lakeside Park.
      • Sumner County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Sumner County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the south of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Lakeside Park.
    • 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 Lakeside Park [Harris County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Suffolk City and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Lakeside Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeside 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.

  • Between-The-Lakes Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Claypool
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Forest Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Island Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Island Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
  • Lakeview Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview Spring is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Spring
  • Leesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mineral Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Palestine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Silver Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Point
  • Stoneburner Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoneburner Landing is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneburner Landing
  • Stony Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stony Ridge is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge

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

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Kosciusko County, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Lakeside Park to Warsaw, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Lakeside Park) 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 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 Lakeside 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Lakeside Park 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 Lakeside Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2523, Longitude: -85.8492       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeside Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.27 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.912 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.882 degrees.