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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 Latham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Latham 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 Latham:
- 36.423264, -88.713372
- 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 Latham
- 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
- Since Latham is near Obion County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Obion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 Latham
Communities Also Named Latham ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Latham.
Within Tennessee, the name Latham is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Latham is located in Baldwin County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the south of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Latham.
- Arkansas
- Van Buren County
- This Latham is located in Van Buren County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Latham.
- Georgia
- Haralson 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 Georgia community of Latham [Haralson County].
- Illinois
- Logan County
- This Latham is located in Logan County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the north of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Latham.
- Winnebago 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 Illinois community of Latham [Winnebago County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- This Latham is located in Butler County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Latham.
- Kentucky
- Christian 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 Kentucky community of Latham [Christian County].
- Missouri
- Moniteau County
- This Latham is located in Moniteau County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moniteau County community of Latham.
- New York
- Albany County
- This Latham is located in Albany County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Latham.
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Latham is located in Beaufort County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the east of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Latham.
- Ohio
- Pike County
- This Latham is located in Pike County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Latham.
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- This Latham is located in Le Flore County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Latham.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Latham is located in Lane County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Latham.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This Latham is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Latham that is located in Weakley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Latham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Latham ...
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.
- Camp Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Ground is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Chestnut Glade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Glade is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Glade
- Dukedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dukedom is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukedom
- Fancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Glasgow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Jewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pilot Oak is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Oak
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
How Far From Latham 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 community such as Latham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Latham and extending to:
- Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Latham to Dresden, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,213 miles [11,608.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,089 miles [8,190 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Latham) 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 Latham, 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 Latham 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'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 Latham 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 Latham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4233, Longitude: -88.7134 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.018 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.237 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.47 degrees. |
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