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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 Saint Lawrence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence:
    • 40.698676, -78.625302
    • 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 Saint Lawrence
  • 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
    • Since Saint Lawrence is near Clearfield County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Saint Lawrence

Communities Also Named Saint Lawrence ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Saint Lawrence.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Saint Lawrence.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, ten are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Berks County
      • This Saint Lawrence is located in Berks County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Saint Lawrence.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Saint Lawrence [Daviess County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Michigan community of Saint Lawrence [Marquette County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail 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 Minnesota community of Saint Lawrence [Otter Tail County].
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Lawrence [Scott County].
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Saint Lawrence is located in Jefferson County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Saint Lawrence.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Saint Lawrence lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham 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 North Carolina community of Saint Lawrence [Chatham County].
    • 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 Saint Lawrence.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Saint Lawrence lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
    • Quebec
      • This Saint Lawrence lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
    • South Dakota
      • Hand County
      • This Saint Lawrence is located in Hand County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hand County community of Saint Lawrence.
    • Texas
      • Glasscock County
      • This Saint Lawrence is located in Glasscock County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glasscock County community of Saint Lawrence.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washington County
      • This Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Lawrence that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Saint Lawrence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Lawrence ...

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.

  • Beaver Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Valley is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
  • Fallentimber
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Foxburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxburg is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
  • Frugality
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Frugality is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
  • Harmony
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Longs Crossroad
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
  • Lyleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
  • Rosebud
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
  • Slickport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Slickport is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickport
  • Swedetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Swedetown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown

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

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

  • Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Lawrence to Ebensburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,886 miles [9,472.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Saint Lawrence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Saint Lawrence 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6987, Longitude: -78.6253       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Lawrence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.729 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.67 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.71 degrees.