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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 Lawtey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawtey 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 Lawtey:
- 30.046270, -82.071239
- 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 Lawtey
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Lawtey is near Clay County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Lawtey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawtey ...
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.
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hugh is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lake Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Maxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Penney Farms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Top
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rattlesnake Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rattlesnake Bend is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Bend
- Rideout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rideout is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout
How Far From Lawtey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Lawtey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lawtey and extending to:
- Starke, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lawtey to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lawtey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lawtey 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 Lawtey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0463, Longitude: -82.0712 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.761 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.438 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.31 degrees. |
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