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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 Ludlow:
39.972057, -75.146288
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 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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 21 communities that are also named Ludlow.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Ludlow.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
McKean County
This Ludlow is located in McKean County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Ludlow.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Bernardino County
This Ludlow is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,260 miles [3,637.1 km]<1> to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Ludlow.
Colorado
Las Animas County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Ludlow [Las Animas County].
Illinois
Champaign County
This Ludlow is located in Champaign County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Ludlow.
Indiana
Cass County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ludlow [Cass County].
Iowa
Allamakee County
This Ludlow is located in Allamakee County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Ludlow.
Kentucky
Kenton County
This Ludlow is located in Kenton County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Ludlow.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Ludlow is located in Aroostook County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Ludlow.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
This Ludlow is located in Hampden County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Ludlow.
Worcester County
This Ludlow is located in Worcester County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Ludlow.
Mississippi
Scott County
This Ludlow is located in Scott County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Ludlow.
Missouri
Livingston County
This Ludlow is located in Livingston County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Ludlow.
Scott County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Scott County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Ludlow.
New Brunswick
This Ludlow lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
New York
Westchester County
This Ludlow is located in Westchester County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Ludlow.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Ludlow is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Ludlow.
Miami County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ludlow [Miami County].
Washington County
This Ludlow is located in Washington County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the west of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ludlow.
Oklahoma
Le Flore County
This Ludlow is located in Le Flore County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Ludlow.
South Dakota
Harding County
This Ludlow is located in Harding County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Ludlow.
Vermont
Windsor County
This Ludlow is located in Windsor County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ludlow that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Ludlow.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ludlow ...
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.
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 Ludlow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ludlow and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ludlow to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ludlow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Ludlow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Ludlow 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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Ludlow 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 Ludlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9721, Longitude: -75.1463 In this case, the coordinates for Ludlow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.691 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.247 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.478 degrees.