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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 Lagonda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lagonda 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 Lagonda:
- 40.121445, -80.289379
- 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 Lagonda
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Lagonda is near Greene County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Lagonda
Communities Also Named Lagonda ...
We found four communities that are also named Lagonda.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lagonda is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Cowley 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 Kansas community of Lagonda [Cowley County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Lagonda is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lagonda that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Lagonda.
- Missouri
- Chariton County
- This Lagonda is located in Chariton County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the west of the Lagonda that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chariton County community of Lagonda.
- Ohio
- Clark County
- This Lagonda is located in Clark County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the west of the Lagonda that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lagonda.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lagonda ...
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.
- Gabby Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gabby Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabby Heights
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Laboratory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hill
- Log Pile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Log Pile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Pile
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Point Lookout
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Point Lookout is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Rural Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Valley
- Sugar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Lagonda 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 Lagonda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lagonda and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lagonda to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Lagonda 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lagonda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lagonda 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 Lagonda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1214, Longitude: -80.2894 In this case, the coordinates for Lagonda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.672 degrees. |
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