Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lanham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lanham
- 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 Lanham:
- 40.002041, -96.874002
- 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 Lanham
- 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 Gage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gage County
- Since Lanham is near Washington County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Lanham ...
We found six communities that share the name Lanham.
Within Nebraska, the name Lanham is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Washington County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lanham.
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanham ...
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.
- Badger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Diller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diller
- Diller is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diller <4>
- Greenleaf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Washington County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <4>
- Hermansberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermansberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansberg
- Hermansberg is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Home is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Home <4>
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
- Lone Elm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Marysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,251 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <4>
- Plymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <4>
How Far From Lanham 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 Lanham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lanham and extending to:
- Beatrice, which is the Seat of Gage County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lanham to Beatrice, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north (N). 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 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,354 miles [11,835.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gage County: www.co.gage.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lanham 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 '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- Lanham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0020, Longitude: -96.8740 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lanham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.249 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.648 degrees. |