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32.065979, -86.650810
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Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Lum in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Lapeer County
This Lum is located in Lapeer County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lum that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Lum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lum ...
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.
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 Lum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lum and extending to:
Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Lum to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,195 miles [8,360.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Lum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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<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.
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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 Lum 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 Lum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0660, Longitude: -86.6508 In this case, the coordinates for Lum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.488 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.869 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.537 degrees.