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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 Eagle Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Park 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 Eagle Park:
    • 38.663939, -90.142609
    • 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 Eagle Park
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Eagle Park is near Saint Clair County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • 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 Eagle Park

Communities Also Named Eagle Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Eagle Park.

Within Illinois, the name Eagle Park is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Eagle Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lonoke County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Eagle Park [Lonoke County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Park ...

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.

  • Bunkum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
  • Caseyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Park is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
  • Cherokee Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Fountain Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fountain Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
  • Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Four Corners is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Fox Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Park
  • French Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • French Village is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
  • Glasgow Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
  • Golden Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Golden Gardens is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gardens
  • Granite City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Greater Ville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Greater Ville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Ville
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Hilltop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hilltop is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Jeff Vander Lou
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jeff Vander Lou is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Vander Lou
    • Lewis Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Lewis Place is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
    • Maplewood Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Maplewood Park is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
    • Mark Twain
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
    • National City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pontoon Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
    • Rose Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose Lake is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
    • Tiffany
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
    • Wells - Goodfellow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow

How Far From Eagle Park 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 Eagle Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Eagle Park and extending to:

  • Edwardsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Park to Edwardsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 81 miles [130.4 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 705 miles [1,134.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Eagle Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Eagle Park 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 Eagle Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6639, Longitude: -90.1426       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.038 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.719 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.614 degrees.