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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 Loring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loring 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 Loring:
- 37.344771, -92.574613
- 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 Loring
- 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 Wright County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
- Since Loring is near Webster County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede 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 Loring
Communities Also Named Loring ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Loring.
Within Missouri, the name Loring is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Loring lies 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Loring is located in Polk County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the north of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Loring.
- Kansas
- Leavenworth County
- This Loring is located in Leavenworth County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leavenworth County community of Loring.
- Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Loring [Shawnee County].
- Wyandotte County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wyandotte County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Loring.
- Louisiana
- Sabine Parish
- This Loring is located in Sabine Parish and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the south of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Loring.
- Maine
- Aroostook 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 Maine community of Loring [Aroostook County].
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Loring [Hennepin County].
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- This Loring is located in Madison County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Loring.
- Montana
- Phillips County
- This Loring is located in Phillips County and lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Loring.
- Nevada
- Pershing County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Loring [Pershing County].
- Ontario
- This Loring lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Loring that is located in Wright County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loring ...
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.
- Bracken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bracken is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Competition
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Durbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durbin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Grovespring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Maines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maines is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maines
- Susanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Susanna is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanna
- Umpire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Umpire is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
How Far From Loring 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 Loring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Loring and extending to:
- Hartville, which is the Seat of Wright County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Loring to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 849 miles [1,366.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,326 miles [11,790.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Loring) 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 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 Loring 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 Loring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Loring 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 Loring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3448, Longitude: -92.5746 In this case, the coordinates for Loring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.572 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.314 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.034 degrees. |
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