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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 Lakeland Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village:
- 47.550997, -117.704938
- 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 Lakeland Village
- 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 Spokane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
- Since Lakeland Village is near Lincoln County and also Stevens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens 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 Lakeland Village
Communities Also Named Lakeland Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Lakeland Village.
Within Washington, the name Lakeland Village is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Lakeland Village in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeland Village that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Lakeland Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeland Village ...
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.
- Airway Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Four Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Geiger Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Geiger Heights is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger Heights
- Hayford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hayford is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Medical Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mock is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Scribner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scribner is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Silver Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
How Far From Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeland Village and extending to:
- Spokane, which is the Seat of Spokane County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeland Village to Spokane, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Lakeland Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5510, Longitude: -117.7049 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeland Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.752 degrees. |
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