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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 Castle Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle Point and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Castle Point:
    • 38.758106, -90.248167
    • 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 Castle Point
  • 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 Castle Point is near Saint Louis City and also Madison 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 Madison 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 Castle Point

Communities Also Named Castle Point ...

We found three communities that are also named Castle Point.

Within Missouri, the name Castle Point is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • New Jersey
      • Hudson 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 Jersey community of Castle Point [Hudson County].
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Castle Point is located in Dutchess County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Castle Point that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Castle Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle Point ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
  • Cool Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Glasgow Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
  • Jennings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
  • Mark Twain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
  • Normandy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Pine Lawn
    (4 miles [6.4 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverview is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
  • Shoveltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoveltown is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoveltown
  • Spanish Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
  • Wells - Goodfellow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow

How Far From Castle Point 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 Castle Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castle Point and extending to:

  • Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Castle Point to Jefferson City, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 710 miles [1,142.6 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Castle Point 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>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- Castle Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Castle Point 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 Castle Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7581, Longitude: -90.2482       In this case, the coordinates for Castle Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.11 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.816 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.642 degrees.