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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 Fountain Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Gap 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 Fountain Gap:
- 38.387553, -90.255115
- 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 Fountain Gap
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Fountain Gap is near Saint Louis County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Fountain Gap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Gap ...
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.
- Arnold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <1>
- Bixby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bixby is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Bushburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bushburg is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushburg
- Cliff Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cliff Cave is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Cave
- Fountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Imperial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Madonnaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Spring Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Forest is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Wartburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
How Far From Fountain Gap 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 community such as Fountain Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fountain Gap and extending to:
- Waterloo, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Fountain Gap to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 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 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fountain Gap) 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 Fountain Gap 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 Fountain Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3876, Longitude: -90.2551 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.73 degrees. |
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