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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Lynn:
37.602605, -82.155133
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.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Winston County
This Lynn is located in Winston County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Lynn.
Arkansas
Lawrence County
This Lynn is located in Lawrence County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the west of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lynn.
Colorado
Las Animas County
This Lynn is located in Las Animas County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Las Animas County community of Lynn.
Florida
Marion County
This Lynn is located in Marion County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the south of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Lynn.
Georgia
Decatur County
This Lynn is located in Decatur County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Lynn.
Tattnall County
This Lynn is located in Tattnall County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the south of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tattnall County community of Lynn.
Illinois
Henry 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 Illinois community of Lynn [Henry County].
Indiana
Randolph County
This Lynn is located in Randolph County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Lynn.
Kentucky
Greenup County
This Lynn is located in Greenup County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Lynn.
Pendleton 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 Kentucky community of Lynn [Pendleton County].
Massachusetts
Essex County
This Lynn is located in Essex County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Lynn.
Michigan
Saint Clair 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 Michigan community of Lynn [Saint Clair County].
Nebraska
Morrill County
This Lynn is located in Morrill County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrill County community of Lynn.
New Hampshire
Sullivan County
This Lynn is located in Sullivan County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Lynn.
New Mexico
Colfax County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Colfax County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Lynn.
New York
Steuben 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 New York community of Lynn [Steuben County].
North Carolina
Polk County
This Lynn is located in Polk County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lynn.
Nova Scotia
This Lynn lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
Ohio
Marion County
This Lynn is located in Marion County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Lynn.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Lynn is located in Fayette County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lynn.
Susquehanna County
This Lynn is located in Susquehanna County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the northeast of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Lynn.
Tennessee
Gibson County
This Lynn is located in Gibson County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Lynn.
Texas
King 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 Texas community of Lynn [King County].
Utah
Box Elder County
This Lynn is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Lynn.
Carbon 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 Utah community of Lynn [Carbon County].
Wisconsin
Clark County
This Lynn is located in Clark County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lynn that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lynn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lynn ...
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.
Arrow (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Jacket. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Lynn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lynn and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Lynn to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 291 miles [468.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lynn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lynn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6026, Longitude: -82.1551 In this case, the coordinates for Lynn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Lynn 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>
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 Lynn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Lynn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.988 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.777 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.322 degrees.