Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Claud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claud and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Claud
- 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 Claud:
- 36.701723, -89.736750
- 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 Claud
- 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 Stoddard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stoddard County
- Since Claud is near New Madrid County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Claud ...
We found six communities that share the name Claud.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Claud.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Houston County
- Although located in Houston County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Claud.
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claud ...
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.
- Champion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Charter Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charter Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Charter Oak is located in Stoddard County
- Cody ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Crumpecker ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crumpecker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumpecker
- Crumpecker is located in New Madrid County
- Grayridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Hills Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Store
- Hills Store is located in Stoddard County
- Hunterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunterville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterville
- Hunterville is located in Stoddard County
- Hurricane Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurricane Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Ridge
- Hurricane Ridge is located in New Madrid County
- Marco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Sky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Claud 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 community such as Claud 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 community of Claud once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Claud and extending to:
- Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Stoddard County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Claud to Bloomfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Claud) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7017, Longitude: -89.7368 In this case, the coordinates for Claud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Claud 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> | 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 Claud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Claud to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.684 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.044 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.864 degrees. |