See also: JURISDICTION
NAVIGABILITY.

Judicial notice may be taken of the location and boundaries of states,{footnote}See also Government of Canal Zone v. Burjan, 596 F.2d 690 (5th Cir. 1979) (boundaries of Canal Zone).{/footnote} counties,{footnote}See also Stanton v. Hotchkiss, 108 P. 864 (Cal. 1910) (township boundaries within county); Page v. State, 395 N.E.2d 235 (Ind. 1979){/footnote} cities,{footnote}Lang v. United States, 134 F. Supp. 214 (D.C. Ga. 1955).{/footnote} streets, lots as well as mountains and bodies of water.{footnote}Oklahoma ex rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co., 313 U.S. 508, 61 S.Ct. 1050, 85 L.Ed. 1487 (1941) (navigability of river); Grand River Dam Auithority v. Going, 29 F. Supp. 316 (D.C. Okla. 1939) (navigability of rivers).

Check United States v. Lavender, 602 F.2d 639 (3d Cir. 1979).{/footnote}  Judicial notice may also be taken of distances,{footnote}Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent, Mich., 955 F.2d 1054 (6th Cir. 1992), rehearing denied, cert. granted 508 U.S. 959, 113 S.Ct. 2926, 124 L.Ed.2d 677, aff’d, 510 U.S. 355, 114 S.Ct. 855, 127 L.Ed.2d 183 (travel distance between airports); Lowrance v. Pflueger, 878 F.2d 1014 (7th Cir. 1989); Williams v. Kerr Glass Mfg. Corp., 630 F.Supp. 266 (E.D.N.Y. 1986); Church of Scientology Int’l v. Elmira Mission, 614 F. Supp. 500 (W.D.N.Y. 1985); L.C. Williams Oil Co., Inc. v. Exxon Corp., 625 F. Supp. 477 (M.D.N.C. 1985).{/footnote} and the general nature of a specific geographic area.{footnote}United States v. Lossiah, 537 F.2d 1250 (4th Cir. 1976) (location of town within Indian reservation); Farmland Preservation Assoc. v. Goldschmidt, 611 F.2d 233 (8th Cir. 1979); Heay v. Phillips, 201 F.2d 202 (9th Cir. 1953) (Alaska); Horton v. Taylor, 585 F. Supp. 224 (W.D. Ark. 1984) (rural nature of county); Deary v. Evans, 570 F. Supp. 189 (D.V.I. 1983) (downtown area).{/footnote}