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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 The Diamonds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Diamonds 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 The Diamonds:
- 38.473108, -90.856803
- 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 The Diamonds
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since The Diamonds is near Saint Charles County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 The Diamonds
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Diamonds ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fourmile Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fourmile Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Fox Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Gray Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Lonedell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Piney Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Piney Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Park
- Robertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Wildwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From The Diamonds 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 The Diamonds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Diamonds and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Diamonds 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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 744 miles [1,197.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Diamonds) 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 The Diamonds 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 The Diamonds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4731, Longitude: -90.8568 In this case, the coordinates for The Diamonds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.499 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.225 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.994 degrees. |
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