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we pass this GPS location for Lakeland:
36.899870, -76.221327
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We found 30 communities that share the name Lakeland.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Lakeland.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Fauquier County
This Lakeland is located in Fauquier County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Lakeland.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Polk County
This Lakeland is located in Polk County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lakeland.
Georgia
Lanier County
This Lakeland is located in Lanier County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lanier County community of Lakeland.
Indiana
LaPorte 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 Indiana community of Lakeland [LaPorte County].
Kansas
Meade 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 Lakeland [Meade County].
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Lakeland is located in Jefferson County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lakeland.
Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish
This Lakeland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Lakeland.
Manitoba
This Lakeland lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Lakeland is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Lakeland.
Baltimore City
This Lakeland is located in Baltimore City and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Lakeland.
Prince George's County
This Lakeland is located in Prince George's County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Lakeland.
Michigan
Livingston County
This Lakeland is located in Livingston County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Lakeland.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Lakeland is located in Washington County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lakeland.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Lakeland is located in Rankin County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Lakeland.
Missouri
Miller County
This Lakeland is located in Miller County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Lakeland.
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
New Brunswick
This Lakeland lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Lakeland is located in Camden County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Lakeland.
New York
Onondaga County
This Lakeland is located in Onondaga County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Lakeland.
Suffolk County
This Lakeland is located in Suffolk County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Lakeland.
Nova Scotia
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Lakeland is located in Lawrence County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lakeland.
Lucas County
This Lakeland is located in Lucas County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Lakeland.
Noble County
This Lakeland is located in Noble County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Lakeland.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Lakeland is located in Lexington County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Lakeland.
Tennessee
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
Texas
Liberty County
This Lakeland is located in Liberty County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Lakeland.
Montgomery County
Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lakeland.
Utah
Davis County
This Lakeland is located in Davis County and lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lakeland.
Washington
King County
This Lakeland is located in King County and lies 2,427 miles [3,905.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lakeland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeland ...
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.
Cherokee Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Lakeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeland and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lakeland to Richmond, 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8999, Longitude: -76.2213 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lakeland 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 . 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Lakeland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.534 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.728 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.141 degrees.