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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 Ludwig, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ludwig 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 Ludwig:
- 38.235055, -90.419010
- 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 Ludwig
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Ludwig is near Monroe County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Ludwig
Communities Also Named Ludwig ...
We found three communities that are also named Ludwig.
Within Missouri, the name Ludwig is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Ludwig is located in Johnson County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ludwig that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Ludwig.
- Maryland
- Harford 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 Maryland community of Ludwig [Harford County].
- Nevada
- Lyon 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 Ludwig [Lyon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ludwig ...
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.
- Bushburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bushburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushburg
- Crystal City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Goldman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Herculaneum
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mitchie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Silica
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Ludwig 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 Ludwig to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ludwig and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ludwig 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ludwig) 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 Ludwig 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 Ludwig, 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 Ludwig 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 Ludwig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2351, Longitude: -90.4190 In this case, the coordinates for Ludwig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.201 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.849 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.841 degrees. |
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