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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Laredo:
48.431382, -109.883262
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.
We found four communities that share the name Laredo.
There is one other community in Montana which is also named Laredo.
Beyond Montana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Montana ...
Chouteau 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 Montana community of Laredo [Chouteau County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Cherokee 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 Georgia community of Laredo [Cherokee County].
Missouri
Grundy County
This Laredo is located in Grundy County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Laredo that is located in Hill County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Laredo.
Texas
Webb County
This Laredo is located in Webb County and lies 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Laredo that is located in Hill County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webb County community of Laredo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laredo ...
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.
Bearpaw ‑ Historic (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bearpaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Laredo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laredo and extending to:
Havre, which is the Seat of Hill County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Laredo to Havre, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,751 miles [2,818 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 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 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 Laredo 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- Laredo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laredo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4314, Longitude: -109.8833 In this case, the coordinates for Laredo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<4>
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<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 Laredo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.837 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.904 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.68 degrees.