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37.237650, -77.367203
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We found ten communities that are also named Lakemont.
Within Virginia, the name Lakemont is unique.
Beyond Virginia, 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 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
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 701 miles [1,128.2 km] to the south southwest.
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 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north.
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 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
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 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lakemont.
Pennsylvania
Blair County
This Lakemont is located in Blair County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Lakemont.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Lakemont is located in Greenville County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County 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.
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 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:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Lakemont to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 116 miles [186.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 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 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 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 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 . 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: 37.2377, Longitude: -77.3672 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 308.173 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.508 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.47 degrees.