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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 Lakewood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakewood 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 Lakewood Park:
    • 42.529257, -71.878686
    • 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
  • 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 Massachusetts, the name Lakewood Park is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, 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 2,529 miles [4,070 km]<2> to the west of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester 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 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester 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].
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Scott County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<2> to the west of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Lakewood Park.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Lakewood Park is located in Lee County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester 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 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester 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 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lakewood Park that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Lakewood Park.

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.

  • Gates Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Crossing
    • Gates Crossing is located in Worcester County
  • Lane Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
    • Lane Village is located in Worcester County
  • Otter River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter River
    • Otter River is located in Worcester County
  • Partridgeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridgeville
    • Partridgeville is located in Worcester County
  • Pitcherville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pitcherville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcherville
    • Pitcherville is located in Worcester County
  • Pratts Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
    • Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
  • Rogersville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Rogersville is located in Middlesex County
  • Ruralville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralville
    • Ruralville is located in Worcester County
  • Rutland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Rutland is located in Worcester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,024 people
  • Shaker Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
  • Unionville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Worcester County

How Far From Lakewood Park 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 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:

  • Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lakewood Park to Worcester, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,117 miles [6,625.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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 '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- 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: 42.5293, Longitude: -71.8787       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 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 Lakewood Park 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 304.443 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.125 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.855 degrees.




 

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