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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 Lawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawn 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 Lawn:
    • 40.220470, -76.539328
    • 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 Lawn
  • 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
    • Since Lawn is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Lawn

Communities Also Named Lawn ...

We found nine communities that are also named Lawn.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Lawn is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Anderson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lawn.
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Box Butte County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Lawn.
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Lawn [Douglas County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Lawn lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Lawn that is located in Lebanon County.
    • Quebec
      • This Lawn lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<3> to the north of the Lawn that is located in Lebanon County.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lawn [Cherokee County].
      • Union 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 Lawn [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Taylor County
      • This Lawn is located in Taylor County and lies 1,403 miles [2,257.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Lawn that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Lawn.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Lawn is located in Greenbrier County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<3> to the southwest of the Lawn that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Lawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawn ...

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.

  • Anchor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Anchor is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
  • Beverly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Beverly is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Clear Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
  • Coffeetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Coffeetown is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Cornwall Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornwall Center is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Center
  • Cornwall Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornwall Furnace is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
  • Elizabethtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravel Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Hershey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Hockersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
  • Mount Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lawn to Lebanon, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lawn 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lawn 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 Lawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2205, Longitude: -76.5393    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.499 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.202 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.977 degrees.