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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 Maud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maud 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 Maud:
- 39.633370, -92.195456
- 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 Maud
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Maud is near Monroe County and also Macon 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 Macon 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 Maud
Communities Also Named Maud ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Maud.
Within Missouri, the name Maud is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Maud is located in Bibb County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Maud.
- Colbert County
- This Maud is located in Colbert County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km] to the southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Maud.
- Illinois
- Wabash County
- This Maud is located in Wabash County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Maud.
- Iowa
- Allamakee County
- This Maud is located in Allamakee County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the north of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Maud.
- Kansas
- Kingman 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 Maud [Kingman County].
- Morton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Morton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Maud.
- Norton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Maud [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Washington County
- This Maud is located in Washington County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Maud.
- Louisiana
- Caldwell Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Maud [Caldwell Parish].
- Minnesota
- Big Stone 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 Maud [Big Stone County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- This Maud is located in Tunica County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Maud.
- North Carolina
- Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Maud [Randolph County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Maud is located in Butler County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the east of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Maud.
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Maud is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Maud.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Maud [Bucks County].
- South Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Maud is located in Cherokee County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Maud.
- Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Maud [Spartanburg County].
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Maud is located in Bowie County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Maud.
- Washington
- Stevens County
- This Maud is located in Stevens County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maud that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Maud.
- West Virginia
- Wetzel 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 West Virginia community of Maud [Wetzel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maud ...
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.
- Ash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Holliday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Longville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Longville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Snow ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Snow is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Walkersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkersville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Maud 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 Maud to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maud and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maud to Shelbyville, 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 four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 811 miles [1,305.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maud) 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 Maud 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 Maud, 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 Maud 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 Maud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6334, Longitude: -92.1955 In this case, the coordinates for Maud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.441 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.466 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.381 degrees. |
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