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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 Madison Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madison Station 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 Madison Station:
- 38.675328, -90.145942
- 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 Madison Station
- 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 Madison Station 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 Madison Station
Communities Also Named Madison Station ...
We found three communities that are also named Madison Station.
Within Illinois, the name Madison Station is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison 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 Alabama community of Madison Station [Madison County].
- Mississippi
- Madison 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 Mississippi community of Madison Station [Madison County].
- New Hampshire
- Carroll 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 New Hampshire community of Madison Station [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madison Station ...
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
- Cedar Park
(5 miles [8 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
- Eagle Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eagle Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Fox Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Park is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Park
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Golden Gardens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gardens
- Granite City
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Jeff Vander Lou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff Vander Lou is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Vander Lou
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- 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
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pontoon Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 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
(3 miles [4.8 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 Madison Station 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 Madison Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Madison Station and extending to:
- Edwardsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Madison Station to Edwardsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 80 miles [128.7 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 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Madison Station 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> | 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Madison Station) 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 Madison Station 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 Madison Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6753, Longitude: -90.1459 In this case, the coordinates for Madison Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.04 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.724 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.613 degrees. |
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