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We found 30 communities that are also named Lakeland.
There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Lakeland.
Beyond Maryland, we know of 28 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Maryland ...
Anne Arundel County
This Lakeland is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Lakeland.
Prince George's County
This Lakeland is located in Prince George's County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Lakeland.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Polk County
This Lakeland is located in Polk County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lakeland.
Georgia
Lanier County
This Lakeland is located in Lanier County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lanier County community of Lakeland.
Indiana
LaPorte 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 Indiana community of Lakeland [LaPorte County].
Kansas
Meade 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 Kansas community of Lakeland [Meade County].
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Lakeland is located in Jefferson County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lakeland.
Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish
This Lakeland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Lakeland.
Manitoba
This Lakeland lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
Michigan
Livingston County
This Lakeland is located in Livingston County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Lakeland.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Lakeland is located in Washington County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lakeland.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Lakeland is located in Rankin County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Lakeland.
Missouri
Miller County
This Lakeland is located in Miller County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Lakeland.
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
New Brunswick
This Lakeland lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Lakeland is located in Camden County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Lakeland.
New York
Onondaga County
This Lakeland is located in Onondaga County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Lakeland.
Suffolk County
This Lakeland is located in Suffolk County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Lakeland.
Nova Scotia
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Lakeland is located in Lawrence County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lakeland.
Lucas County
This Lakeland is located in Lucas County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Lakeland.
Noble County
This Lakeland is located in Noble County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Lakeland.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Lakeland is located in Lexington County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Lakeland.
Tennessee
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
Texas
Liberty County
This Lakeland is located in Liberty County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Lakeland.
Montgomery County
Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lakeland.
Utah
Davis County
This Lakeland is located in Davis County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lakeland.
Virginia
Fauquier County
This Lakeland is located in Fauquier County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Lakeland.
Norfolk City
This Lakeland is located in Norfolk City and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Lakeland.
Washington
King County
This Lakeland is located in King County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lakeland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeland ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lakeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeland and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Lakeland to Annapolis, 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lakeland) 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 Lakeland 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 . 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 Lakeland 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 Lakeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2582, Longitude: -76.6508 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.638 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.208 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.411 degrees.