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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lawndale
- 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:
- 42.286431, -85.462224
- 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.
- 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 Kalamazoo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kalamazoo County
- Since Lawndale is near Calhoun County and also Barry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Barry 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lawndale ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Lawndale.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Lawndale.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Saginaw County
- Sanilac County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Lawndale is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,865 miles [3,001.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo 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 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km] to the west of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Lawndale.
- Delaware
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- 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
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- This Lawndale is located in Cleveland County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo 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 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo 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 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east southeast of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo 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 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawndale that is located in Kalamazoo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Lawndale.
- Texas
- California
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.
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Comstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Cooks Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mill
- Cooks Mill is located in Kalamazoo County
- Galesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Galesburg is located in Kalamazoo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,090 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galesburg <4>
- Gull Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Howlandsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howlandsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlandsburg
- Howlandsburg is located in Kalamazoo County
- Parchment
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parchment have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchment
- Parchment is located in Kalamazoo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parchment <4>
- Pavilion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Pavillion Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
- Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Kalamazoo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49,787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <4>
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:
- Kalamazoo, which is the Seat of Kalamazoo County, lies just to the West.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Lawndale to Lansing, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lawndale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kalamazoo County: www.kalcounty.com/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Lawndale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2864, Longitude: -85.4622 In this case, the coordinates for Lawndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.998 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.753 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.371 degrees. |