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:
- 42.821454, -83.149554
- 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 Oakland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- Since Lakeville is near Macomb County and also Lapeer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- eBird sighting report for Lapeer 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 Michigan, the name Lakeville is unique.
Beyond Michigan, 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 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New Brunswick
- This Lakeville lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland County.
- New York
- Chenango County
- This Lakeville is located in Chenango County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lakeville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Lakeville lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland County.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Lakeville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the south southeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Lakeville.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Lakeville lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Oakland 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.
- Decker ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Disco ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Disco is located in Macomb County
- Former name for Disco:
- Whiskey Center
- Gas Settlement ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gas Settlement. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Settlement
- Gas Settlement is located in Macomb County
- Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays' Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
- Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
- Former names for Grays' Mills:
- Clifton Mill
- Clifton Village
- Clifton
- Lake Orion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion
- Lake Orion is located in Oakland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,191 people
- Former names for Lake Orion:
- Canandaigua City
- New Canandaigua
- Oakland
- Orion
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Orion <5>
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Leonard is located in Oakland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonard <5>
- Romeo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Romeo is located in Macomb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,572 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romeo <5>
- Stony Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Stony Creek is located in Oakland County
- Stony Creek has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek Village
- Stoney Creek
- Stony Creek Village
- Thornville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville
- Thornville is located in Lapeer County
How Far From Lakeville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Oakland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeville to Pontiac, with an average speed<6> 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 four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,583 miles [7,375.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Oakland County: www.co.oakland.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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: 42.8215, Longitude: -83.1496 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.469 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.098 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.055 degrees. |