Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lawton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lawton
- 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 Lawton:
- 34.607530, -98.396763
- 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 Lawton
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since Lawton is near Cotton County and also Stephens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cotton County
- eBird sighting report for Stephens 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 Lawton ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Lawton.
Within Oklahoma, the name Lawton is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Burke 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 Georgia community of Lawton [Burke County].
- Jenkins County
- This Lawton is located in Jenkins County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the east of the Lawton that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Lawton.
- Lowndes County
- This Lawton is located in Lowndes County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km] to the east southeast of the Lawton that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Lawton.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Nevada
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Lawton [Philadelphia County].
- Susquehanna County
- This Lawton is located in Susquehanna County and lies 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lawton that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Lawton.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawton ...
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.
- Cache
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Cache is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cache <5>
- Corral Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corral Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Four Mile Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Mile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Geronimo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geronimo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
- Geronimo is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geronimo <5>
- Medicine Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Park
- Medicine Park is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Park <5>
- Peachtree Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peachtree Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Porter Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
- Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
How Far From Lawton 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 city such as Lawton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lawton and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Lawton to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,688 miles [12,372.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lawton: www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.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 Lawton 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6075, Longitude: -98.3968 |
| <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 Lawton, 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lawton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.249 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.251 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.189 degrees. |