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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 Rudy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rudy 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 Rudy:
- 43.656579, -111.833299
- 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 Rudy
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Rudy is near Madison County and also Bonneville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville 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 Rudy
Communities Also Named Rudy ...
We found three communities that are also named Rudy.
Within Idaho, the name Rudy is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- This Rudy is located in Crawford County and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rudy that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Rudy.
- Nebraska
- Jefferson County
- This Rudy is located in Jefferson County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rudy that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rudy.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Rudy [Montgomery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rudy ...
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.
- Annis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Annis is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
- Archer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Archer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Gale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Heise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heise is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise
- Herbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Herbert is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Independence ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Jensen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jensen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen
- Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mark is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Poplar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
How Far From Rudy 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 Rudy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rudy and extending to:
- Rigby, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Rudy to Boise, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 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 7,589 miles [12,213.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,587 miles [8,991.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rudy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rudy 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rudy 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 Rudy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6566, Longitude: -111.8333 In this case, the coordinates for Rudy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.12 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.964 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.483 degrees. |
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