Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lakeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lakeville
- 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 Lakeville:
- 37.718981, -83.071004
- 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 Lakeville
- 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
- Since Lakeville is near Johnson County and also Breathitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- eBird sighting report for Breathitt 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 Lakeville ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Lakeville.
Within Kentucky, the name Lakeville is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Lee County
- This Lakeville is located in Lee County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lakeville.
- Orange 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 Florida community of Lakeville [Orange County].
- Indiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Brunswick
- This Lakeville lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- New York
- Chenango County
- This Lakeville is located in Chenango County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Lakeville.
- Livingston County
- This Lakeville is located in Livingston County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Lakeville.
- Nassau 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 Lakeville [Nassau County].
- Orange County
- This Lakeville is located in Orange County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lakeville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Lakeville lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Lakeville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Lakeville.
- Holmes County
- This Lakeville is located in Holmes County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the north northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Lakeville.
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- This Lakeville is located in Crawford County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Lakeville.
- Wayne County
- This Lakeville is located in Wayne County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km] to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Lakeville.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Lakeville lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Magoffin County.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeville ...
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.
- Burning Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burning Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Fork
- Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Carver
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Craft Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craft Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Fork
- Craft Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Dixie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Elsie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Fritz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Gullett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Lickburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lower Burning Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Burning Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Burning Fork
- Lower Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Marshallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
- Mashfork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Mason
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Stringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Magoffin County
- Sublett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
How Far From Lakeville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lakeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeville and extending to:
- Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lakeville to Frankfort, 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lakeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7190, Longitude: -83.0710 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeville 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lakeville 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> | 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 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 Lakeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.544 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.429 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.678 degrees. |