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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 Ovid, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ovid 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 Ovid:
- 39.466337, -93.884168
- 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 Ovid
- 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Since Ovid is near Caldwell County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Ovid
Communities Also Named Ovid ...
We found nine communities that are also named Ovid.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Ovid.
Beyond Missouri, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Bates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ovid [Bates County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Sedgwick County
- This Ovid is located in Sedgwick County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ovid that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Ovid.
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- This Ovid is located in Bear Lake County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ovid that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Ovid.
- Indiana
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ovid [Madison County].
- Michigan
- Clinton County
- This Ovid is located in Clinton County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ovid that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Ovid.
- New York
- Seneca County
- This Ovid is located in Seneca County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ovid that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Ovid.
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- This Ovid is located in Franklin County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the east of the Ovid that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Ovid.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ovid [Erie County].
- Texas
- Jack County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ovid [Jack County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ovid ...
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.
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Cowgill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dockery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dockery is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Easterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Georgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Judd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Judd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Polo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quote is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quote
- Regal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Regal is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roads is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads
- Sandals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
How Far From Ovid 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 Ovid 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<4> community of Ovid once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ovid and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ovid to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 110 miles [177 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ovid 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ovid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Ovid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Ovid 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 Ovid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4663, Longitude: -93.8842 In this case, the coordinates for Ovid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.577 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.754 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.246 degrees. |
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