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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 Lanesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanesville 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 Lanesville:
    • 42.677872, -70.659212
    • 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 Lanesville
  • 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Since Lanesville is near Rockingham County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Lanesville

Communities Also Named Lanesville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lanesville.

Within Massachusetts, the name Lanesville is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Lanesville is located in Litchfield County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Lanesville.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Lanesville is located in Sangamon County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Lanesville.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Lanesville is located in Harrison County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Lanesville.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Lanesville [Webster Parish].
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Lanesville is located in Greene County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the west of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Lanesville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Lanesville lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
    • Virginia
      • King William County
      • This Lanesville is located in King William County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lanesville that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King William County community of Lanesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanesville ...

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.

  • Bass Rocks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bass Rocks is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Rocks
  • Dogtown Commons ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dogtown Commons is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown Commons
    • Former names for Dogtown Commons:
    • Common Settlement
    • Dogtown
    • Dogtown Commons has also been known as:
    • Dogtown Village
  • Eden Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eden Square is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Square
  • Five Pound Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Five Pound Island is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Pound Island
  • Lands End
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lands End is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
  • Ocean View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ocean View is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
  • Pigeon Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pigeon Cove is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Cove
  • Riverview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Riverview is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Riverview Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverview Landing is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Landing
  • Rockport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockport is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,312 people
  • Rocky Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Neck is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Neck
  • Stonehaven ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonehaven is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven

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

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

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lanesville to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,058 miles [6,530.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lanesville) 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 Lanesville 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 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.
<4>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 Lanesville 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 Lanesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6779, Longitude: -70.6592       In this case, the coordinates for Lanesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.686 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.30 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.225 degrees.