Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ludlow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ludlow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ludlow
- 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 Ludlow:
- 40.387078, -88.126894
- 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 Ludlow
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Ludlow is near Ford County and also Iroquois County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ford County
- eBird sighting report for Iroquois 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ludlow ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Ludlow.
Within Illinois, the name Ludlow is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Ludlow is located in Hampden County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Ludlow.
- Worcester County
- This Ludlow is located in Worcester County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the east northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Ludlow.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- This Ludlow is located in Livingston County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Ludlow.
- Scott County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Scott County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Ludlow.
- New Brunswick
- This Ludlow lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Ludlow is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Ludlow.
- Miami 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 Ohio community of Ludlow [Miami County].
- Washington County
- This Ludlow is located in Washington County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ludlow.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- This Ludlow is located in McKean County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Ludlow.
- Philadelphia County
- This Ludlow is located in Philadelphia County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the east of the Ludlow that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Ludlow.
- South Dakota
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ludlow ...
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.
- Clarence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Dailey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Dewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dewey is located in Champaign County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <5>
- Fisher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Fisher is located in Champaign County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,911 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <5>
- Flatville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Flatville is located in Champaign County
- Gerald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Melvin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Melvin is located in Ford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvin <5>
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prospect is located in Champaign County
- Sellers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Ludlow to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Ludlow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ludlow and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ludlow to Urbana, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ludlow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.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- Ludlow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ludlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3871, Longitude: -88.1269 In this case, the coordinates for Ludlow 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 Ludlow, 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 Ludlow 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 Ludlow 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 314.758 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.489 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.226 degrees. |