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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 Lambert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lambert 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 Lambert:
    • 41.620808, -105.122199
    • 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 Lambert
  • 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 Lambert ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Lambert.

Within Wyoming, the name Lambert is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Lambert is located in Mobile County and lies 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Lambert.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • This Lambert is located in Hot Spring County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Lambert.
    • California
      • Sacramento 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 California community of Lambert [Sacramento County].
      • Sonoma 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 California community of Lambert [Sonoma County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Lambert is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Lambert.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Lambert [Cook County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd 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 Lambert [Floyd County].
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Lambert is located in Delta County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Lambert.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk 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 Minnesota community of Lambert [Polk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Quitman County
      • This Lambert is located in Quitman County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Lambert.
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • This Lambert is located in Scott County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Lambert.
    • Montana
      • Richland County
      • This Lambert is located in Richland County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lambert.
    • Nebraska
      • Colfax 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 Nebraska community of Lambert [Colfax County].
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly County
      • This Lambert is located in Stanly County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Lambert.
    • North Dakota
      • Walsh 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 North Dakota community of Lambert [Walsh County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Alfalfa County
      • This Lambert is located in Alfalfa County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alfalfa County community of Lambert.
    • Ontario
      • This Lambert lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Lambert is located in Fayette County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lambert.
    • South Carolina
      • Georgetown County
      • This Lambert is located in Georgetown County and lies 1,505 miles [2,422.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Lambert.
      • Williamsburg 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 South Carolina community of Lambert [Williamsburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Fayette County
      • This Lambert is located in Fayette County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lambert.
    • Texas
      • Parker 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 Texas community of Lambert [Parker County].
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg 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 Virginia community of Lambert [Mecklenburg County].
    • Washington
      • Clark County
      • This Lambert is located in Clark County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lambert that is located in Laramie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lambert.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lambert ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordeaux have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
    • Bordeaux is located in Platte County
  • Chugwater
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Diamond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Diamond is located in Platte County
  • Farthing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farthing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
    • Farthing is located in Laramie County
  • Hightower
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hightower have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
    • Hightower is located in Platte County
  • Horse Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
    • Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
    • Wyoming Station has also been known as:
    • Wyoming

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

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

  • Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Laramie County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lambert to Cheyenne, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,532 miles [12,121.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lambert. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Laramie County: www.webgate.co.laramie.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lambert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lambert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6208, Longitude: -105.1222       In this case, the coordinates for Lambert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Lambert, 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 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 Lambert 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>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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lambert 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 326.79 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.545 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.821 degrees.









 

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