Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lawrence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawrence and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lawrence
- 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 Lawrence:
- 44.658019, -93.684681
- 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 Lawrence
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Lawrence is near Carver County and also Le Sueur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carver County
- eBird sighting report for Le Sueur 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 Lawrence ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Lawrence.
There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Lawrence.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lawrence [Butler County].
- Douglas County
- This Lawrence is located in Douglas County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lawrence that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Lawrence.
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lawrence [Monroe County].
- Newton County
- This Lawrence is located in Newton County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lawrence that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Lawrence.
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Lawrence is located in Nassau County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<2> to the east of the Lawrence that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Lawrence.
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lawrence [Queens County].
- Saint Lawrence 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 New York community of Lawrence [Saint Lawrence County].
- Schuyler 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 New York community of Lawrence [Schuyler County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Lawrence is located in Lawrence County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lawrence that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lawrence.
- Stark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawrence [Stark County].
- Washington 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 Ohio community of Lawrence [Washington County].
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lawrence.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawrence ...
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.
- Assumption
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Carver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Carver is located in Carver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,863 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carver <5>
- Jonathan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Jordan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Jordan is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,420 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordan <5>
- Lydia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Marystown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - New Prague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prague
- New Prague is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Prague <5>
- Union Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
How Far From Lawrence to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lawrence to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lawrence and extending to:
- Shakopee, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lawrence to Shakopee, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,916 miles [7,911.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lawrence. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Scott County: www.co.scott.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lawrence 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. |
| <2> | 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- Lawrence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawrence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6580, Longitude: -93.6847 In this case, the coordinates for Lawrence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lawrence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Lawrence to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.591 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.454 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.953 degrees. |