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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 Lawrenceburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg:
    • 41.227217, -93.548548
    • 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 Lawrenceburg
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Lawrenceburg is near Polk County and also Clarke 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 Clarke 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 Lawrenceburg

Communities Also Named Lawrenceburg ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lawrenceburg.

Within Iowa, the name Lawrenceburg is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Dearborn County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Dearborn County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Lawrenceburg [Bourbon County].
      • Cloud County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Cloud County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cloud County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Kentucky
      • Anderson County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Anderson County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Missouri
      • Lawrence County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the south of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Armstrong County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the east of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lawrenceburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawrenceburg ...

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.

  • Beech
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beech is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
  • Churchville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Churchville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Cool
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cool is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
  • Greenbush
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Greenbush is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • Jay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jay is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Center is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
  • Lucas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lucas is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Sandyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandyville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Summerset
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Summerset is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
  • Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Junction
  • Wick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wick is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick

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

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

  • Indianola, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lawrenceburg to Indianola, 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.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,173 miles [11,543.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawrenceburg) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lawrenceburg 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lawrenceburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2272, Longitude: -93.5485       In this case, the coordinates for Lawrenceburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.424 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.809 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.704 degrees.