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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 Lardo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lardo 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 Lardo:
- 44.912737, -116.122572
- 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 Lardo
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Lardo is near Adams County and also Idaho County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho 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 Lardo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lardo ...
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.
- Council
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Evergreen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Fruitvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lake Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Roseberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rubicon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Lardo 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 Lardo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lardo once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lardo and extending to:
- Cascade, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lardo to Cascade, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,030 miles [3,267 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lardo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lardo) 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 Lardo 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 Lardo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9127, Longitude: -116.1226 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.634 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.167 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.992 degrees. |
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