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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 Lamar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamar 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 Lamar:
- 31.142812, -84.489063
- 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 Lamar
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Lamar is near Mitchell County and also Miller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller 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 Lamar
Communities Also Named Lamar ...
We found 22 communities that are also named Lamar.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Lamar.
Beyond Georgia, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Sumter County
- This Lamar is located in Sumter County and lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Lamar.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Randolph County
- This Lamar is located in Randolph County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Lamar.
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Lamar is located in Johnson County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Lamar.
- Colorado
- Prowers County
- This Lamar is located in Prowers County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prowers County community of Lamar.
- Indiana
- Spencer County
- This Lamar is located in Spencer County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Lamar.
- Kansas
- Ottawa County
- This Lamar is located in Ottawa County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Lamar.
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- This Lamar is located in Franklin Parish and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Lamar.
- Michigan
- Kent 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 Lamar [Kent County].
- Mississippi
- Benton County
- This Lamar is located in Benton County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lamar.
- Missouri
- Barton County
- This Lamar is located in Barton County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Lamar.
- Nebraska
- Chase County
- This Lamar is located in Chase County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chase County community of Lamar.
- North Carolina
- Alleghany 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 Lamar [Alleghany County].
- Oklahoma
- Hughes County
- This Lamar is located in Hughes County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Lamar.
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Lamar is located in Clinton County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lamar.
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- This Lamar is located in Darlington County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Lamar.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Lamar [Rutherford County].
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Lamar [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Aransas County
- This Lamar is located in Aransas County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aransas County community of Lamar.
- Shelby County
- This Lamar is located in Shelby County and lies 576 miles [927 km] to the west of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lamar.
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- This Lamar is located in Walla Walla County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Lamar.
- West Virginia
- Mercer County
- This Lamar is located in Mercer County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Lamar.
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Lamar is located in Polk County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lamar that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lamar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamar ...
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.
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Branchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Cooktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooktown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeful
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hopeful is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
- Jeterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Lynn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
How Far From Lamar 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 Lamar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Lamar once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamar and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lamar to Newton, 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Lamar) 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 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 Lamar 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> | 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 Lamar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Lamar 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 Lamar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1428, Longitude: -84.4891 In this case, the coordinates for Lamar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.219 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.917 degrees. |
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