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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 Ruddock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruddock 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 Ruddock:
- 30.204365, -90.425085
- 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 Ruddock
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Saint John the Baptist Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Since Ruddock is near Tangipahoa Parish and also Saint Charles Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles Parish
- 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 Ruddock
Communities Also Named Ruddock ...
We found two communities that are also named Ruddock.
Within Louisiana, the name Ruddock is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Ruddock lies 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ruddock that is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish.
- Oregon
- Umatilla 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 Oregon community of Ruddock [Umatilla County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruddock ...
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.
- Catfish Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Landing
- Cornland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornland is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornland
- Dutch Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Bayou is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Bayou
- Garyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Gypsy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Jena ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jena is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Lees Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Landing is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
- Lucy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Magnolia Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Landing
- Marathon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Reserve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Romes Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Romes Ferry is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romes Ferry
- Sellers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sellers is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Sharkey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharkey is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
- Tiger Bluff Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tiger Bluff Landing is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bluff Landing
- Tigerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tigerville is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerville
- Welcome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Ruddock 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 Ruddock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ruddock and extending to:
- Edgard, which is the Seat of Saint John the Baptist Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ruddock to Edgard, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 967 miles [1,556.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,863 miles [11,044.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,447 miles [8,766.1 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 from Point A (ie- Ruddock) 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 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 Ruddock 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 parish. 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 Ruddock 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 Ruddock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2044, Longitude: -90.4251 In this case, the coordinates for Ruddock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.03 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.319 degrees. |
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