Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sterling Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterling Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sterling Place

• 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 Sterling Place:
  • 38.626439, -90.039828
  • 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 Sterling Place

• 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 Sterling Place is near Madison County and also Saint Louis 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 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 Sterling Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterling Place ...

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
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
• Carbon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Carbon is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
• Caseyville
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Caseyville is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,115 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caseyville <1>
• Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crossroads is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Donkville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Donkville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donkville
• Dutch Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dutch Hollow is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
• French Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • French Village is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
• Golden Gardens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden Gardens is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gardens
• Hilltop
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hilltop is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Meadow Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadow Heights is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
• Rose Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rose Lake is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
• Royal Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Royal Heights is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
• Signal Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Signal Hill is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hill
• Union Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Hill is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Sterling Place 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 Sterling Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sterling Place and extending to:

• Belleville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sterling Place 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 699 miles [1,124.9 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 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,045 miles [8,119.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'