Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Saint Louis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Louis and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saint Louis
- 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 Louis:
- 30.805473, -92.174568
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint Louis
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Saint Landry Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Since Saint Louis is near Avoyelles Parish and also Evangeline Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
- eBird sighting report for Evangeline Parish
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Saint Louis ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Saint Louis.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Saint Louis.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Iberville Parish
- This Saint Louis is located in Iberville Parish and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Saint Louis.
- Iberville Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sierra County
- This Saint Louis is located in Sierra County and lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Saint Louis.
- Georgia
- Macon County
- This Saint Louis is located in Macon County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Saint Louis.
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- This Saint Louis is located in Gratiot County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Saint Louis.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis City
- This Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis City community of Saint Louis.
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Saint Louis [Jefferson County].
- Ohio
- Putnam County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Putnam County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Saint Louis.
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Saint Louis is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Saint Louis.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Saint Louis.
- Oregon
- Marion County
- This Saint Louis is located in Marion County and lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Saint Louis.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Saint Louis lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- Quebec
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Saint Louis.
- Saskatchewan
- This Saint Louis lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- Texas
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Saint Louis [Smith County].
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Saint Louis is located in Loudoun County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Louis that is located in Saint Landry Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Saint Louis.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Saint Louis [Douglas County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Louis ...
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.
- Big Cane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Bunkie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
- Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <5>
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Evangeline Parish
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <5>
- Gold Dust
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Grand Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Grand Prairie is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Gum Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Star ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Louis and extending to:
- Opelousas, which is the Seat of Saint Landry Parish, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Louis to Opelousas, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,620 miles [12,263.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,496 miles [8,845 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Louis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Louis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Louis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8055, Longitude: -92.1746 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Louis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Saint Louis 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 parish. 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Saint Louis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Louis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.711 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.446 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.929 degrees. |