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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 Lamb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamb 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 Lamb:
    • 35.944786, -86.496104
    • 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 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
    • Since Lamb is near Davidson County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Lamb

Communities Also Named Lamb ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Lamb.

Within Tennessee, the name Lamb is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lamb [Jefferson County].
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> 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 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lamb.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Lamb is located in Hillsborough County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Lamb.
    • Illinois
      • Hardin County
      • This Lamb is located in Hardin County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Lamb.
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Lamb is located in Switzerland County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Lamb.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Lamb is located in Kenton County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the north northeast of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Lamb.
    • Mississippi
      • Webster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lamb [Webster County].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Lamb is located in Marion County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Lamb that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Lamb.
      • Pettis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lamb [Pettis County].

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Cooks Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
  • Creekside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Creekside is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Florence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Foxland Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hilltop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Joneswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Joneswood is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joneswood
  • Joywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Joywood is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
  • Little Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
  • Loafers Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Loafers Corner is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Corner
  • Marathon Trail
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Neal Circle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Neal Circle is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Circle
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Shadowbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Sunnyside
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Timberlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Timberlake is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

How Far From Lamb 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 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:

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Lamb to Nashville, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lamb 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 Lamb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9448, Longitude: -86.4961       In this case, the coordinates for Lamb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.611 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.55 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.62 degrees.