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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:
    • 38.032708, -84.902958
    • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Lawrenceburg is near Woodford County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Kentucky, the name Lawrenceburg is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, 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 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the north of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Lawrenceburg.
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Warren County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren 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.
    • Missouri
      • Lawrence County
      • This Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Anderson 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 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Anderson 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 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lawrenceburg that is located in Anderson 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.

  • Birdie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Birdie is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
  • Bondville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bondville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
  • Drydock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Drydock is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
  • Evergreen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Farmdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Farmdale is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Fox Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
  • Glensboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Glensboro is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensboro
  • Hickory Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Lanes Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lanes Mill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mill
  • Stringtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Stringtown is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Lawrenceburg 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 city 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:

  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Lawrenceburg to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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: 38.0327, Longitude: -84.9030       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 312.674 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.768 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.386 degrees.