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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 Dartmound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dartmound 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 Dartmound:
- 38.568108, -90.901804
- 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 Dartmound
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles County
- Since Dartmound is near Franklin County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Dartmound
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dartmound ...
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.
- Defiance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fourmile Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fourmile Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Fox Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Gray Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Marthasville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Petersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Robertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Village of Three Creeks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
- Three Creeks village
How Far From Dartmound 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 community such as Dartmound to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Dartmound once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dartmound and extending to:
- Saint Charles, which is the Seat of Saint Charles County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dartmound to Saint Charles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Dartmound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Dartmound) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dartmound 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 Dartmound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5681, Longitude: -90.9018 In this case, the coordinates for Dartmound have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.533 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.277 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.994 degrees. |
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