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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 Lakeport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeport 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 Lakeport:
    • 42.903997, -124.497055
    • 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 Lakeport
  • 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
    • Since Lakeport is near Coos County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coos 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 Lakeport

Communities Also Named Lakeport ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Lakeport.

Within Oregon, the name Lakeport is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Lakeport is located in Chicot County and lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Lakeport.
    • California
      • Lake County
      • This Lakeport is located in Lake County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lakeport.
    • Florida
      • Glades County
      • This Lakeport is located in Glades County and lies 2,653 miles [4,269.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glades County community of Lakeport.
    • Iowa
      • Woodbury 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 Iowa community of Lakeport [Woodbury County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Lakeport is located in Saint Clair County and lies 2,098 miles [3,376.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Lakeport.
    • New Hampshire
      • Belknap County
      • This Lakeport is located in Belknap County and lies 2,622 miles [4,219.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of Lakeport.
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Lakeport is located in Madison County and lies 2,419 miles [3,893 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Lakeport.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Lakeport.
    • South Dakota
      • Yankton County
      • This Lakeport is located in Yankton County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the east of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yankton County community of Lakeport.
    • Texas
      • Gregg County
      • This Lakeport is located in Gregg County and lies 1,770 miles [2,848.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gregg County community of Lakeport.
    • Wisconsin
      • Pepin County
      • This Lakeport is located in Pepin County and lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Curry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pepin County community of Lakeport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeport ...

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.

  • Cranberry Corners
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cranberry Corners is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Corners
  • Denmark
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Denmark is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Dew Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dew Valley is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Valley
  • Fourmile
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fourmile is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
  • Plum Trees
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plum Trees is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Trees
  • Prosper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Prosper is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
  • Sixes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Twomile
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Twomile is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
  • Winterville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Winterville is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Lakeport once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeport and extending to:

  • Gold Beach, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeport to Gold Beach, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,459 miles [3,957.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,876 miles [12,675.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lakeport) 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 Lakeport 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lakeport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lakeport 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 Lakeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9040, Longitude: -124.4971       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.406 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 344.008 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.411 degrees.