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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 Lawson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawson and the surrounding area.
- 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 Lawson:
- 39.440222, -94.204230
- 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 Lawson
- 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Since Lawson is near Clay County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Lawson
Communities Also Named Lawson ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Lawson.
Within Missouri, the name Lawson is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- This Lawson is located in Limestone County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Lawson.
- Arkansas
- Union County
- This Lawson is located in Union County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lawson.
- Colorado
- Clear Creek County
- This Lawson is located in Clear Creek County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clear Creek County community of Lawson.
- Georgia
- Colquitt 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 Georgia community of Lawson [Colquitt County].
- Kansas
- Grant 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 Lawson [Grant County].
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- This Lawson is located in Breathitt County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Lawson.
- Maryland
- Somerset County
- This Lawson is located in Somerset County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Lawson.
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- This Lawson is located in Marquette County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Lawson.
- Saskatchewan
- This Lawson lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Lawson is located in Spartanburg County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Lawson.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Lawson [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Dallas County
- This Lawson is located in Dallas County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Lawson.
- Virginia
- Isle of Wight County
- This Lawson is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lawson that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Lawson.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh 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 West Virginia community of Lawson [Raleigh County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawson ...
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.
- Chick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chick is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick
- Claysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Converse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crescent Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Crystal Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Golf Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golf Hill is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- New Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Garden is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Prairie Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Sandals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Wood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Lawson 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 Lawson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lawson and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lawson to Richmond, 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 918 miles [1,477.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lawson) 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 Lawson 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 Lawson, 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 Lawson 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 Lawson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4402, Longitude: -94.2042 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.001 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.409 degrees. |
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