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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 Golden Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Gardens 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 Golden Gardens:
- 38.589495, -90.106775
- 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 Golden Gardens
- 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 Golden Gardens is near Madison County and also Saint Louis City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis City
- 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 Golden Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Gardens ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Caseyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Crest Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crest Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Hill
- Dutch Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Eagle Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagle Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Park
- Falling Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- French Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Maplewood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- National City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rose Lake is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
- Royal Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Heights is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Signal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Signal Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hill
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Golden Gardens 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 Golden Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golden Gardens and extending to:
- Belleville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Golden Gardens 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Golden Gardens) 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 Golden Gardens 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 Golden Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5895, Longitude: -90.1068 In this case, the coordinates for Golden Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.011 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.678 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.614 degrees. |
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