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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 Harmon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmon 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 Harmon:
    • 31.093236, -89.414787
    • 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 Harmon
  • 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
    • Since Harmon is near Pearl River County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pearl River County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest 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 Harmon

Communities Also Named Harmon ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Harmon.

Within Mississippi, the name Harmon is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Harmon is located in Bibb County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Harmon.
      • Houston County
      • This Harmon is located in Houston County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Harmon.
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Harmon is located in Saint Clair County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Harmon.
    • Arkansas
      • Boone County
      • This Harmon is located in Boone County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Harmon.
      • Washington County
      • This Harmon is located in Washington County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km] to the northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Harmon.
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Harmon [Washington County].
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Harmon is located in Sussex County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Harmon.
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • Although located in Upson County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Harmon.
    • Illinois
      • Lee County
      • This Harmon is located in Lee County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the north of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Harmon.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Harmon is located in Red River Parish and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Harmon.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harmon [Oakland County].
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Harmon is located in Westchester County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Harmon.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harmon [Rutherford County].
    • North Dakota
      • Morton County
      • This Harmon is located in Morton County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Harmon.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Harmon is located in Stark County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Harmon.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ellis County
      • This Harmon is located in Ellis County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Harmon.
    • Tennessee
      • Johnson County
      • This Harmon is located in Johnson County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Harmon.
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Harmon is located in Lamar County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harmon that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Harmon.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washburn County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Harmon [Washburn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmon ...

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.

  • Dixie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Fanning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fanning is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
  • Hickory Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Mars Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mars Hill is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Oak Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pine Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Red Top
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Top is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
  • Richburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Richburg is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richburg
  • Rock Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rock Hill is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Shadow Wood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Shadow Wood is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
  • Young
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Young is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

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

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

  • Purvis, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies just to the North.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Harmon to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,485 miles [12,045.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,361 miles [8,627.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harmon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Harmon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Harmon 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.
<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 Harmon 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 Harmon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0932, Longitude: -89.4148       In this case, the coordinates for Harmon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.051 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.551 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.788 degrees.