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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 Lombard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lombard and the surrounding area.
- 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 Lombard:
- 42.250336, -79.636713
- 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 Lombard
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Lombard is near Erie County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Lombard
Communities Also Named Lombard ...
We found eight communities that are also named Lombard.
Within New York, the name Lombard is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Napa County
- This Lombard is located in Napa County and lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<1> to the west of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Lombard.
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- This Lombard is located in Emanuel County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emanuel County community of Lombard.
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Lombard is located in DuPage County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the west of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Lombard.
- Kansas
- Greeley 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 Lombard [Greeley County].
- Kentucky
- Powell 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 Kentucky community of Lombard [Powell County].
- Maryland
- Cecil County
- This Lombard is located in Cecil County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Lombard.
- Montana
- Broadwater County
- This Lombard is located in Broadwater County and lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Lombard.
- Wisconsin
- Clark County
- This Lombard is located in Clark County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lombard that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lombard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lombard ...
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.
- Cottage Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottage Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Park
- Elm Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Tree is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Tree
- Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Freeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Hartfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hartfield is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartfield
- Mayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orchard Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orchard Beach is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Point Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Point Pleasant is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Summerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Lombard to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lombard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lombard and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies just to the East.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lombard to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lombard) 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 Lombard 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> | 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 Lombard 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 Lombard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2503, Longitude: -79.6367 In this case, the coordinates for Lombard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.254 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.504 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.574 degrees. |
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