Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lawngate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawngate and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lawngate

• 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 Lawngate:
  • 34.725923, -87.093068
  • 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 Lawngate

• 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
  • Since Lawngate is near Lawrence County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Lawngate

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawngate ...

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.

• Cave Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave Spring is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Farmview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmview is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
• Fish Pond
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fish Pond is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Pond
• Flower Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Flower Hill is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
• Glenn Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenn Valley is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Valley
• Green Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Hills is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
• Jones Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Crossroads is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
• Lakeview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Paradise Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Paradise Shores is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Shores
• Poplar Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Poplar Creek is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
• Poplar Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Poplar Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
• Riverview ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Riverview is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Tanner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tanner is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tanner <1>

How Far From Lawngate to ...

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 Lawngate to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lawngate and extending to:

• Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Lawngate to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'