Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Castlewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castlewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Castlewood
- 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 Castlewood:
- 38.550054, -90.553735
- 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 Castlewood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Castlewood is near Jefferson County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Castlewood ...
We found ten communities that share the name Castlewood.
Within Missouri, the name Castlewood is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda 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 California community of Castlewood [Alameda County].
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the west of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Castlewood.
- Georgia
- Muscogee County
- This Castlewood is located in Muscogee County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Castlewood.
- Kentucky
- Fayette 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 Kentucky community of Castlewood [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Castlewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the south of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Castlewood.
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This Castlewood is located in Saratoga County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Castlewood.
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- This Castlewood is located in Lawrence County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Castlewood.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Castlewood is located in Charleston County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Castlewood.
- South Dakota
- Hamlin County
- This Castlewood is located in Hamlin County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamlin County community of Castlewood.
- Virginia
- Russell County
- This Castlewood is located in Russell County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Castlewood that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Castlewood.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castlewood ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Bluff is located in Saint Louis County
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Fern Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <4>
- Lincoln Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Beach
- Lincoln Beach is located in Saint Louis County
- Mountain Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge
- Mountain Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Peerless Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peerless Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Pettys Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettys Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Hill
- Pettys Hill is located in Saint Louis County
- Times Beach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Times Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Beach
- Times Beach is located in Saint Louis County
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Valley Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Valley Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,805 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Park <4>
How Far From Castlewood 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 Castlewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castlewood and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Castlewood to Clayton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 727 miles [1,170 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Castlewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mo.us/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Castlewood 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Castlewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Castlewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5501, Longitude: -90.5537 In this case, the coordinates for Castlewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Castlewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.303 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.009 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.834 degrees. |