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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 Lakeside Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeside Park 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 Lakeside Park:
    • 42.508682, -77.156640
    • 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 Lakeside 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Since Lakeside Park is near Schuyler County and also Yates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yates 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 Lakeside Park

Communities Also Named Lakeside Park ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Lakeside Park.

There are three communities within New York that are also named Lakeside Park.

Beyond New York, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Albany 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 New York community of Lakeside Park [Albany County].
    • Chautauqua County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Chautauqua County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Orleans County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Orleans County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Lakeside Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,293 miles [3,690.2 km]<2> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Chatham County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Kosciusko County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Lakeside Park.
      • LaGrange County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in LaGrange County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km] to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Kenton County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Lakeside Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Mercer County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Hamilton County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Lakeside Park.
      • Sumner County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Sumner County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the southwest of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Lakeside Park [Harris County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km]<2> to the west of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Lakeside Park.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Lakeside Park is located in Suffolk City and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the south of the Lakeside Park that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Lakeside Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeside 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.

  • Cold Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Crystal Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
  • Dundee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Friend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Friend is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Glen Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Glen Grove is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Grove Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Hermitage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Italy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Italy is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
  • Italy Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Italy Hill is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
  • Porter Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Porter Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
  • Second Milo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Second Milo is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
  • Willow Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Grove is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

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

  • Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeside Park to Bath, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 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 Lakeside 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakeside Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lakeside Park 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 Lakeside Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5087, Longitude: -77.1566       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeside Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.679 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.766 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.301 degrees.