Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lake Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Park
- 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 Lake Park:
- 46.883914, -96.098514
- 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 Lake Park
- 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 Becker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Becker County
- Since Lake Park is near Clay County and also Otter Tail County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- eBird sighting report for Otter Tail 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 Lake Park ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Lake Park.
There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Lake Park.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Lake Park is located in Dougherty County and lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Lake Park.
- Lowndes County
- This Lake Park is located in Lowndes County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km] to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Lake Park.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Union County
- This Lake Park is located in Union County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lake Park.
- Wake County
- Although located in Wake County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Lake Park.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Lake Park lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<2> to the east of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Lake Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Lake Park.
- Hamblen County
- This Lake Park is located in Hamblen County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km] to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Lake Park.
- Sullivan County
- This Lake Park is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the southeast of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Lake Park.
- Utah
- Davis 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 Utah community of Lake Park [Davis County].
- Salt Lake County
- This Lake Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Lake Park.
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- This Lake Park is located in King County and lies 1,219 miles [1,961.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lake Park that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lake Park.
- Pierce 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 Washington community of Lake Park [Pierce County].
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake 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.
- Audubon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Audubon is located in Becker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Audubon <3>
- Clear View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Downer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Norwegian Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwegian Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
- Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
- Pelican Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Rapids
- Pelican Rapids is located in Otter Tail County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelican Rapids <3>
- Richards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Richwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Lake Park 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 city such as Lake Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Park and extending to:
- Detroit Lakes, which is the Seat of Becker County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Park to Detroit Lakes, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Becker County: www.co.becker.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.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 Lake 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8839, Longitude: -96.0985 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lake Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.334 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.729 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.73 degrees. |