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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 Ladoga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ladoga 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 Ladoga:
- 43.720204, -88.675691
- 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 Ladoga
- 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 Fond du Lac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
- Since Ladoga is near Dodge County and also Green Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green Lake 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 Ladoga
Communities Also Named Ladoga ...
We found five communities that are also named Ladoga.
Within Wisconsin, the name Ladoga is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- This Ladoga is located in Montgomery County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ladoga that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Ladoga.
- Iowa
- Taylor County
- This Ladoga is located in Taylor County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ladoga that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Ladoga.
- Kansas
- Cherokee 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 Ladoga [Cherokee County].
- Michigan
- Alger County
- This Ladoga is located in Alger County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ladoga that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Ladoga.
- North Dakota
- Kidder County
- This Ladoga is located in Kidder County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ladoga that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kidder County community of Ladoga.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ladoga ...
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.
- Eden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Farmersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- LeRoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- LeRoy is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeRoy
- Marblehead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Pleasant Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Ring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Rogersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Sandstone Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstone Bluff is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Bluff
- Spring Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
How Far From Ladoga 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 Ladoga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ladoga and extending to:
- Fond du Lac, which is the Seat of Fond du Lac County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ladoga to Fond du Lac, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ladoga) 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 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 Ladoga 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ladoga 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 Ladoga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7202, Longitude: -88.6757 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.117 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.369 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.552 degrees. |
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