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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 Lawndale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawndale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lawndale:
    • 27.949100, -82.283800
    • 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 Lawndale
  • 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
    • Since Lawndale is near Polk County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco 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 Lawndale

Communities Also Named Lawndale ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Lawndale.

Within Florida, the name Lawndale is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lawndale is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lawndale.
      • Sonoma County
      • This Lawndale is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,416 miles [3,888.2 km] to the west northwest of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Lawndale.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Lawndale is located in Kent County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Lawndale.
    • Illinois
      • Logan County
      • This Lawndale is located in Logan County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Lawndale.
    • Indiana
      • Vanderburgh 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 Indiana community of Lawndale [Vanderburgh County].
    • Kansas
      • Jackson 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 Kansas community of Lawndale [Jackson County].
      • Pratt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lawndale [Pratt County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Lawndale is located in Carroll County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lawndale.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Lawndale is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the north of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Lawndale.
      • Saginaw County
      • This Lawndale is located in Saginaw County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the north of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Lawndale.
      • Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Lawndale [Sanilac County].
    • Minnesota
      • Wilkin County
      • This Lawndale is located in Wilkin County and lies 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkin County community of Lawndale.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Lawndale is located in Cleveland County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the north of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Lawndale.
      • Guilford 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 North Carolina community of Lawndale [Guilford County].
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Lawndale is located in Stark County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the north of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Lawndale.
      • Summit County
      • This Lawndale is located in Summit County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km] to the north of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Lawndale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Lawndale [Bucks County].
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lawndale [Montgomery County].
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Lawndale is located in Philadelphia County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lawndale that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Lawndale.
    • Texas
      • Kaufman 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 Texas community of Lawndale [Kaufman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawndale ...

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.

  • Bonterra
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bonterra is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonterra
  • Breezy Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Breezy Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Meadows
  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Carriage Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Carriage Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Crossing
  • Chickasaw Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chickasaw Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Meadows
  • Citrus Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Citrus Wood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Wood
  • Eden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
  • Eden Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Eden Wood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Wood
  • Eleven Mile Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eleven Mile Hill is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile Hill
  • Fishers Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fishers Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Farms
  • Garden Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Garden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
  • Greenewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenewood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenewood
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • Grove Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Heritage Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Heritage Crest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Crest
    • Hickory Hammock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hickory Hammock is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hammock
    • Hickory Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hickory Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Lakes
    • Hillcrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hillside
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hillside is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
    • Holiday Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Holiday Hills is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Hollowtree
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Hollowtree is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtree
    • Hunters Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Hunters Cove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
    • Jacobs Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jacobs Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Place
    • Jerrys
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jerrys is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys
    • Keebler
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Keebler is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler
    • Kingstowne Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Kingstowne Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstowne Place
    • Kingsway Downs
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Kingsway Downs is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Downs
    • Kingsway Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Kingsway Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Gardens
    • Kingsway Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Kingsway Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Heights
    • Kingsway Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Kingsway Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Oaks
    • Kingswood Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Kingswood Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Heights
    • Krebs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Krebs is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
    • Lake View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake View is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lakeview Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
    • Legends Pass
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Legends Pass is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legends Pass
    • Long Pond
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Long Pond is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
    • Mango
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mirror Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Mirror Crest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Crest
    • Mirror Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
    • Oak Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Oak Landing is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
    • Orangewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Orangewood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangewood
    • Parsons Reserve
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Parsons Reserve is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Reserve
    • Providence Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Providence Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Lakes
    • Ravenwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ravenwood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Rolling Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rolling Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
    • Royal Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Shadow Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Shadow Bay is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Bay
    • Shady Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Shady Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
    • Shady Oaks Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shady Oaks Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks Park
    • Tangelo
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tangelo is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Timber Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Timber Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
    • Timber Pond
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Timber Pond is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pond
    • Vineyards
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Vineyards is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyards
    • Whisper Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Whisper Lake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Lake
    • Williams Crossing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Williams Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing

How Far From Lawndale 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 Lawndale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lawndale and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lawndale to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Lawndale) 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 Lawndale 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 county. 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 Lawndale 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 Lawndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9491, Longitude: -82.2838       In this case, the coordinates for Lawndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.736 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.119 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.835 degrees.