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 Lakeridge:
47.506488, -122.244567
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 Lakeridge
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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Lakeridge.
Within Washington, the name Lakeridge is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Lakeridge is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 2,051 miles [3,300.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeridge that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Lakeridge.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Lakeridge is located in Hinds County and lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeridge that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Lakeridge.
Nevada
Douglas County
This Lakeridge is located in Douglas County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeridge that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Lakeridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeridge ...
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 Lakeridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeridge and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies just to the North Northwest.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Lakeridge to Olympia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,540 miles [12,134.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,663 miles [9,113.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakeridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Lakeridge 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 Lakeridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5065, Longitude: -122.2446 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.796 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.334 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.709 degrees.