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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 Lumberton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lumberton and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lumberton:
    • 31.006482, -89.461266
    • 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 Lumberton
  • 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 Lumberton 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 Lumberton

Communities Also Named Lumberton ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Lumberton.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Lumberton.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Marion 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 Mississippi community of Lumberton [Marion County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Washington 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 Alabama community of Lumberton [Washington County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Lumberton lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Lumberton is located in Pasco County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Lumberton.
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Lumberton [Newaygo County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Lumberton is located in Burlington County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Lumberton.
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • This Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Lumberton.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Lumberton is located in Robeson County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Lumberton.
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This Lumberton is located in Clinton County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lumberton.
    • Texas
      • Hardin County
      • This Lumberton is located in Hardin County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<2> to the west of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Lumberton.
    • Virginia
      • Sussex County
      • This Lumberton is located in Sussex County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lumberton that is located in Lamar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Lumberton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lumberton ...

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.

  • Fanning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fanning is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
  • Fords Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fords Creek is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Creek
  • Hickory Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Pine Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Poplarville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Red Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Red Top is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
  • Rock Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Hill is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Texas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Texas is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Young
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Young is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

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

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

  • Purvis, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lumberton to Purvis, 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 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 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,491 miles [12,055.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,368 miles [8,639 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Lumberton 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>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- Lumberton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lumberton 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 Lumberton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0065, Longitude: -89.4613       In this case, the coordinates for Lumberton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.071 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.561 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.82 degrees.