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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 Saint Petersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Petersburg and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Petersburg:
    • 40.555430, -102.818273
    • 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 Petersburg
  • 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 Petersburg ...

We found three communities that share the name Saint Petersburg.

Within Colorado, the name Saint Petersburg is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Saint Petersburg [Hillsborough County].
      • Pinellas County
      • This Saint Petersburg is located in Pinellas County and lies 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Petersburg that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Saint Petersburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Saint Petersburg is located in Clarion County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Petersburg that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Saint Petersburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Petersburg ...

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.

  • Clarkville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
    • Clarkville is located in Yuma County
  • Crook
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Dailey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hayford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
    • Hayford is located in Logan County
  • Leroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leroy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Logan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Leroy
    • From Saint Petersburg to Leroy
  • Leslie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
    • Leslie is located in Washington County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Leslie
    • From Saint Petersburg to Leslie
  • Lone Star ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Rockland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Logan County
  • Twin Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
    • Twin Mills is located in Logan County

How Far From Saint Petersburg to ...

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 Saint Petersburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sterling, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Petersburg to Sterling, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,522 miles [12,105.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,446 miles [8,764.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Logan County: www.loganco.gov/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Saint Petersburg 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- Saint Petersburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Petersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5554, Longitude: -102.8183       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Petersburg 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Petersburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.99 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.33 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.692 degrees.




 

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