Saint George (Alaska) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Saint George, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint George and the surrounding area.

Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saint George

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 Saint George:
- 56.600972, -169.546715
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint George

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:
- Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Saint George ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Saint George.

Within Alaska, the name Saint George is unique.

Beyond Alaska, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, twenty are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
  - Sussex County
  - This Saint George is located in Sussex County and lies 4,188 miles [6,739.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Saint George.
- Florida
  - Broward County
  - This Saint George is located in Broward County and lies 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Saint George.
  - Pinellas County
  - This Saint George is located in Pinellas County and lies 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Saint George.
- Georgia
  - Charlton County
  - This Saint George is located in Charlton County and lies 4,391 miles [7,066.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlton County community of Saint George.
- Illinois
  - Kankakee County
  - This Saint George is located in Kankakee County and lies 3,623 miles [5,830.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Saint George.
- Indiana
  - Vanderburgh 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 Indiana community of Saint George [Vanderburgh County].
- Kansas
  - Pottawatomie County
  - This Saint George is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 3,407 miles [5,483 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Saint George.
- Maine
  - Knox County
  - This Saint George is located in Knox County and lies 4,101 miles [6,599.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Saint George.
- Manitoba
  - We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Minnesota
  - Nicollet County
  - This Saint George is located in Nicollet County and lies 3,225 miles [5,190.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicollet County community of Saint George.
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - This Saint George is located in Saint Louis County and lies 3,665 miles [5,898.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Saint George.
  - Wright County
  - This Saint George is located in Wright County and lies 3,646 miles [5,867.7 km] to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Saint George.
- Nevada
  - Lincoln County
  - This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Saint George.
- New Brunswick
  - This Saint George lies 4,114 miles [6,620.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
- New York
  - Richmond County
  - This Saint George is located in Richmond County and lies 4,124 miles [6,636.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Saint George.
- North Dakota
  - LaMoure County
  - This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Saint George [LaMoure County].
- Ontario
  - This Saint George lies 3,781 miles [6,084.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
- Pennsylvania
  - Venango County
  - This Saint George is located in Venango County and lies 3,899 miles [6,274.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Saint George.
- South Carolina
  - Dorchester County
  - This Saint George is located in Dorchester County and lies 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Saint George.
- Utah
  - Washington County
  - This Saint George is located in Washington County and lies 2,863 miles [4,607.6 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Saint George.
- Virginia
  - Greene County
  - This Saint George is located in Greene County and lies 4,099 miles [6,596.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Saint George.
- West Virginia
  - Tucker County
  - This Saint George is located in Tucker County and lies 4,011 miles [6,455.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Saint George.
- Wisconsin
  - Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Saint George [Sheboygan County].

How Far From Saint George to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Saint George to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint George and extending to:

Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Saint George to Juneau, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 74 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 51 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,117 miles [6,625.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 9 days, a buggy would take 161 days and walking would take 234 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint George. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint George) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint George. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 56.6010, Longitude: -169.5467
<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 Saint George 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 . 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 Saint George, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Saint George to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 20.878 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 27.468 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 1.505 degrees.