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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 Cahokia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cahokia 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 Cahokia:
- 38.572317, -90.187927
- 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 Cahokia
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Cahokia is near Saint Louis City and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Cahokia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cahokia ...
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.
- Bixby
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bixby is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Cherokee Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Dutchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Falling Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fox Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Park
- Golden Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Golden Gardens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gardens
- Ivory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Jeff Vander Lou
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jeff Vander Lou is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Vander Lou
- Kings Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Oak is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oak
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Maplewood Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maplewood Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- National City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tiffany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Tower Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Cahokia 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 village such as Cahokia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cahokia and extending to:
- Belleville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cahokia to Belleville, 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.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Cahokia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cahokia 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 Cahokia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5723, Longitude: -90.1879 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.064 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.656 degrees. |
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