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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 Lakemont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakemont 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 Lakemont:
    • 40.472849, -78.388347
    • 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 Lakemont
  • 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
    • Since Lakemont is near Cambria County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Lakemont

Communities Also Named Lakemont ...

We found ten communities that are also named Lakemont.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Lakemont is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Highlands County
      • This Lakemont is located in Highlands County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highlands County community of Lakemont.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Lakemont is located in Hillsborough County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km] to the south southwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Lakemont.
    • Georgia
      • Rabun County
      • This Lakemont is located in Rabun County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rabun County community of Lakemont.
      • Richmond 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 Georgia community of Lakemont [Richmond County].
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Lakemont is located in Yates County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Lakemont.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Lakemont is located in Wake County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Lakemont.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Lakemont is located in Wood County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lakemont.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Lakemont is located in Greenville County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Lakemont.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Lakemont is located in Blount County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Lakemont.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Lakemont is located in Petersburg City and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lakemont that is located in Blair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Lakemont.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakemont ...

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.

  • Cross Keys
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Keys is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Eldorado
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Eldorado is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
  • Gaysport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gaysport is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
  • Greenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Hollidaysburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Loop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Loop is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
  • Mill Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill Run is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
  • Reservoir
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Reservoir is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
  • Stiffler
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stiffler is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiffler
  • Sunbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunbrook is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbrook

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

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

  • Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies just to the South.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lakemont to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,886 miles [9,472.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 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- Lakemont) 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 Lakemont 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 Lakemont 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 Lakemont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4728, Longitude: -78.3883       In this case, the coordinates for Lakemont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.599 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.487 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.692 degrees.