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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 Lawrie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawrie 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 Lawrie:
- 35.956582, -97.423096
- 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 Lawrie
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Lawrie is near Payne County and also Kingfisher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Payne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingfisher 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 Lawrie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawrie ...
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 Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crescent Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Springs
- Frost
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Indian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orlando
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Zion ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Zion is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Lawrie 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 Lawrie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lawrie and extending to:
- Guthrie, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the South.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Lawrie to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,582 miles [12,202 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawrie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lawrie 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 Lawrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9566, Longitude: -97.4231 In this case, the coordinates for Lawrie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.727 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.557 degrees. |
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