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 Lakeview Terrace:
42.491751, -73.240104
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 Lakeview Terrace
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 Berkshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Lakeview Terrace.
Within Massachusetts, the name Lakeview Terrace is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Minnesota
Itasca County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Itasca County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itasca County community of Lakeview Terrace.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Ocean County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Lakeview Terrace.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Lakeview Terrace.
Stark County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Stark County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the west southwest of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Lakeview Terrace.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Lexington County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Lakeview Terrace.
Utah
Davis County
This Lakeview Terrace is located in Davis County and lies 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeview Terrace that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lakeview Terrace.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeview Terrace ...
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.
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 Lakeview Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeview Terrace and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lakeview Terrace to Boston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,177 miles [6,722.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Lakeview Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Lakeview Terrace 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 Lakeview Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4918, Longitude: -73.2401 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeview Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.272 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.052 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.494 degrees.