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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 Lamb Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamb Town 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 Lamb Town:
- 32.028784, -83.715448
- 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 Lamb Town
- 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 Crisp County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp County
- Since Lamb Town is near Dooly County and also Wilcox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dooly County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox 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 Lamb Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamb Town ...
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.
- Bridges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Coney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coney is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney
- Former name for Coney:
- Cone
- Double Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Double Run is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Lilly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Richwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richwood is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
How Far From Lamb Town to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lamb Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lamb Town and extending to:
- Cordele, which is the Seat of Crisp County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lamb Town to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Lamb Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
| <4> | 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 Lamb Town 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 Lamb Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0288, Longitude: -83.7154 In this case, the coordinates for Lamb Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.894 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.437 degrees. |
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