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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:
    • 39.033833, -84.567283
    • 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 Kenton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
    • Since Lakeside Park is near Boone County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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.

Within Kentucky, the name Lakeside Park is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Kosciusko County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Lakeside Park.
      • LaGrange County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in LaGrange County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Lakeside Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Mercer County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 443 miles [712.9 km] to the northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 northeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south southwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Kenton 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.

  • Constance
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Constance is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
  • Crescent Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Crescent Park is located in Kenton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
  • Crescent Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Florence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Johns Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Johns Hill is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
  • Lakeview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview is located in Kenton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Little Buck ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Little Buck is located in Hamilton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buck
  • Lookout Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lookout Heights is located in Kenton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Heights
  • Marydale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Marydale is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
  • Park Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Summit Hills Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Summit Hills Heights is located in Kenton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills Heights

How Far From Lakeside Park 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 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:

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Kenton County, lies just to the South.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Lakeside Park to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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: 39.0338, Longitude: -84.5673       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 312.467 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.675 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.948 degrees.