Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lamb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamb and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lamb
- 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:
- 39.741157, -91.386816
- 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 Lamb
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Lamb is near Pike County and also Ralls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- eBird sighting report for Ralls 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lamb ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Lamb.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Lamb.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lamb [Jefferson County].
- Morgan County
- This Lamb is located in Morgan County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<3> to the west of the Lamb that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lamb.
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Kenton County
- This Lamb is located in Kenton County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<3> to the east of the Lamb that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Lamb.
- Monroe County
- This Lamb is located in Monroe County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the east southeast of the Lamb that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Lamb.
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamb ...
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.
- Aladdin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Cave City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Dodge City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Dodge City is located in Marion County
- Flint Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in Ralls County
- Hannibal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
- Hannibal is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hannibal <5>
- Marblehead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Marblehead is located in Adams County (IL)
- Monkey Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkey Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County
- Shepherd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - White Bear
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Bear have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear
- White Bear is located in Marion County
How Far From Lamb 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 Lamb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamb and extending to:
- Palmyra, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lamb to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 44 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lamb. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lamb 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. |
| <2> | 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 Lamb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lamb) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lamb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7412, Longitude: -91.3868 In this case, the coordinates for Lamb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.902 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.86 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.962 degrees. |