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 Lamkin:
33.042628, -90.465646
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.
We found three communities that share the name Lamkin.
Within Mississippi, the name Lamkin is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Columbia County
This Lamkin is located in Columbia County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lamkin that is located in Humphreys County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Lamkin.
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
This Lamkin is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamkin that is located in Humphreys County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Lamkin.
Texas
Comanche County
This Lamkin is located in Comanche County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the west of the Lamkin that is located in Humphreys County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Lamkin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamkin ...
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.
Carter (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Lamkin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamkin and extending to:
Belzoni, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lamkin to Belzoni, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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- Lamkin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lamkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0426, Longitude: -90.4656 In this case, the coordinates for Lamkin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Lamkin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.883 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.78 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.886 degrees.