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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 Lawsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawsonville 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 Lawsonville:
- 36.392287, -79.563893
- 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 Lawsonville
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Lawsonville is near Caswell County and also Pittsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania 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 Lawsonville
Communities Also Named Lawsonville ...
We found two communities that are also named Lawsonville.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Lawsonville.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Lawsonville in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Stokes County
- This Lawsonville is located in Stokes County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west of the Lawsonville that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stokes County community of Lawsonville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Rusk County
- This Lawsonville is located in Rusk County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lawsonville that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Lawsonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawsonville ...
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.
- Cedar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Forestdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forestdale is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Happy Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Home is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Home
- Hickory Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hickory Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Jones
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Locust Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Park Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park Spring is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Spring
- Quick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Village Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Village Oaks is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Oaks
- Woodland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Park is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Lawsonville 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 Lawsonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lawsonville and extending to:
- Wentworth, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lawsonville to Wentworth, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawsonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lawsonville 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 Lawsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3923, Longitude: -79.5639 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.471 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.863 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.637 degrees. |
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