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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 Lawrence Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawrence Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lawrence Park:
    • 42.152279, -80.023111
    • 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 Lawrence Park
  • 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 Lawrence Park ...

We found five communities that share the name Lawrence Park.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Lawrence Park.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Dauphin County
      • This Lawrence Park is located in Dauphin County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lawrence Park that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Lawrence Park.
    • Delaware County
      • This Lawrence Park is located in Delaware County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawrence Park that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Lawrence Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Lawrence Park is located in Westchester County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lawrence Park that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Lawrence Park.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Lawrence Park.
    • Texas
      • Potter 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 Texas community of Lawrence Park [Potter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawrence Park ...

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.

  • Bogus Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogus Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus Corners
    • Bogus Corners is located in Erie County
  • Charter Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charter Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
    • Charter Oaks is located in Erie County
  • Chestnut Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Erie County
  • Dock Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Dock Junction is located in Erie County
  • Erie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
  • Erie Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Heights
    • Erie Heights is located in Erie County
  • Harborcreek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harborcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborcreek
    • Harborcreek is located in Erie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harborcreek <4>
  • Moorhead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Moorhead is located in Erie County
  • Moorheadville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorheadville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorheadville
    • Moorheadville is located in Erie County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Erie County

How Far From Lawrence Park 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 Lawrence Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lawrence Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,480 miles [7,209.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lawrence Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Erie County: www.eriecountygov.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lawrence Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawrence Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1523, Longitude: -80.0231       In this case, the coordinates for Lawrence Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Lawrence Park 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>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.
<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 Lawrence Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.504 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.772 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.795 degrees.




 

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