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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 Calverton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calverton Park 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 Calverton Park:
- 38.765544, -90.310556
- 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 Calverton Park
- 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 Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Calverton Park is near Saint Louis City and also Saint Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Calverton Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calverton Park ...
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.
- Black Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Castle Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Cool Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cool Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Cross Keys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Jennings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Mary Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mary Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ridge
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Overland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Overland is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,502 people
- Pagedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pagedale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,290 people
- Pine Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Shoveltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shoveltown is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoveltown
- Spanish Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Sycamore Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
How Far From Calverton Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Calverton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Calverton Park and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Calverton Park to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Calverton Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Calverton Park 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 Calverton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7655, Longitude: -90.3106 In this case, the coordinates for Calverton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.152 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.864 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.67 degrees. |
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