Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hugo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hugo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hugo
- 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 Hugo:
- 37.995313, -92.659071
- 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 Hugo
- 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Since Hugo is near Laclede County and also Miller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Laclede County
- eBird sighting report for Miller 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 Hugo ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hugo.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Hugo.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hugo ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Case
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Grace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Green Gables ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Green Gables is located in Camden County
- Hurricane Deck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurricane Deck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Deck
- Hurricane Deck is located in Camden County
- Kaiser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaiser have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
- Kaiser is located in Miller County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaiser <5>
- Passover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Camden County
- Roach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Roach is located in Camden County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roach <5>
- Rodger Ford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodger Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodger Ford
- Rodger Ford is located in Camden County
How Far From Hugo 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 Hugo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hugo and extending to:
- Camdenton, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies just to the West.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hugo to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 48 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hugo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hugo 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hugo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hugo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9953, Longitude: -92.6591 In this case, the coordinates for Hugo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hugo, 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'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 Hugo 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 317.669 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.511 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.947 degrees. |