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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 Greenlawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn:
    • 39.477512, -91.686564
    • 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 Greenlawn
  • 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 Ralls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls County
    • Since Greenlawn is near Monroe County and also Audrain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Audrain 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 Greenlawn

Communities Also Named Greenlawn ...

We found seven communities that are also named Greenlawn.

Within Missouri, the name Greenlawn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Greenlawn is located in Wicomico County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the east of the Greenlawn that is located in Ralls County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Greenlawn.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Greenlawn is located in Suffolk County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east of the Greenlawn that is located in Ralls County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Greenlawn.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Greenlawn is located in Butler County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the east of the Greenlawn that is located in Ralls County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Greenlawn.
      • Franklin 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 Ohio community of Greenlawn [Franklin County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland 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 South Carolina community of Greenlawn [Richland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Greenlawn is located in Shelby County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Greenlawn that is located in Ralls County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Greenlawn.
      • Wilson County
      • This Greenlawn is located in Wilson County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km] to the southeast of the Greenlawn that is located in Ralls County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Greenlawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenlawn ...

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.

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

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

  • New London, which is the Seat of Ralls County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greenlawn to New London, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenlawn) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Greenlawn 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4775, Longitude: -91.6866    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.093 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.044 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.167 degrees.