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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 Lakeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeville 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 Lakeville:
    • 41.950055, -80.574242
    • 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 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 Ashtabula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula County
    • Since Lakeville is near Erie County and also Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Lakeville

Communities Also Named Lakeville ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Lakeville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Lakeville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Holmes County
      • This Lakeville is located in Holmes County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Lakeville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Lakeville is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Lakeville.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Lakeville is located in Litchfield County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Lakeville.
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This Lakeville is located in Lee County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula 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
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Lakeville is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Lakeville.
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Lakeville is located in Magoffin County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Lakeville.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Lakeville is located in Penobscot County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Lakeville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Lakeville is located in Plymouth County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Lakeville.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Lakeville is located in Oakland County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Lakeville.
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota County
      • This Lakeville is located in Dakota County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Lakeville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lakeville lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This Lakeville is located in Chenango County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula 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 330 miles [531.1 km] to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lakeville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Lakeville lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Lakeville is located in Crawford County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Lakeville.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Lakeville lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeville that is located in Ashtabula County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa 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 Wisconsin community of Lakeville [Chippewa County].

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.

  • Amboy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Amboy is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Center Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Center Corner is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Corner
  • Cherry Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cross
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
  • Gageville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
  • Keepville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
  • Kelloggsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Kidders Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kidders Corner is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
  • Kingsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsville On-the-Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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:

  • Jefferson, which is the Seat of Ashtabula County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeville to Jefferson, 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 five to six hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,910 miles [9,511.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,511 miles [7,259.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lakeville) 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 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>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 Lakeville 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 Lakeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9501, Longitude: -80.5742       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.865 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.149 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.132 degrees.