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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 Saint Rose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Rose 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 Saint Rose:
- 38.684048, -89.554659
- 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 Saint Rose
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Saint Rose is near Madison County and also Bond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bond 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 Saint Rose
Communities Also Named Saint Rose ...
We found three communities that are also named Saint Rose.
Within Illinois, the name Saint Rose is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Saint Charles Parish
- This Saint Rose is located in Saint Charles Parish and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the south of the Saint Rose that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles Parish community of Saint Rose.
- Nova Scotia
- This Saint Rose lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Rose that is located in Clinton County.
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- This Saint Rose is located in Grant County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the north of the Saint Rose that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Saint Rose.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Rose ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Creek is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Breese
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harbor Light Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harbor Light Bay is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Light Bay
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Marine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marydale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Panorama Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Panorama Hills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Posey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stubblefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stubblefield is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
How Far From Saint Rose 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 Saint Rose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Rose and extending to:
- Carlyle, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Rose to Carlyle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north (N). 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 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Saint Rose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Saint Rose 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 Saint Rose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6840, Longitude: -89.5547 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.654 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.334 degrees. |
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