Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lesterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lesterville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lesterville
- 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 Lesterville:
- 42.957804, -82.905582
- 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 Lesterville
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Lesterville 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 Lesterville ...
We found five communities that share the name Lesterville.
Within Michigan, the name Lesterville is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Randolph County
- This Lesterville is located in Randolph County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lesterville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Lesterville.
- Indiana
- Washington 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 Lesterville [Washington County].
- Kansas
- Saline 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 Lesterville [Saline County].
- Missouri
- Reynolds County
- This Lesterville is located in Reynolds County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lesterville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Lesterville.
- South Dakota
- Yankton County
- This Lesterville is located in Yankton County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the west of the Lesterville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yankton County community of Lesterville.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lesterville ...
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.
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <4>
- Emmett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett is located in Saint Clair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmett <4>
- Fargo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Gas Settlement ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Settlement
- Gas Settlement is located in Macomb County
- Goodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays' Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
- Lakeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Lakeville is located in Oakland County
- Lambs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Lambs is located in Saint Clair County
- Lambs has also been known as:
- Lamb
- Leonard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- 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 <4>
- Melvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Muttonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muttonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttonville
- Muttonville is located in Macomb County
- Rattle Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattle Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattle Run
- Rattle Run is located in Saint Clair County
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- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- 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 <4>
- Ruby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Saint Clair County
- Thornville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville
- Thornville is located in Lapeer County
- Valley Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
- Valley Center is located in Sanilac County
- Romeo
How Far From Lesterville to ...
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 Lesterville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lesterville and extending to:
- Port Huron, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lesterville to Port Huron, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 84 miles [135.2 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 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 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lesterville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Clair County: www.stclaircounty.org/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lesterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lesterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9578, Longitude: -82.9056 |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lesterville 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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Lesterville 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 311.304 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.932 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.886 degrees. |