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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 Fountain Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Park 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 Fountain Park:
    • 38.655600, -90.259800
    • 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 Fountain 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 Fountain Park is near Saint Louis City and also Saint Clair 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 Clair 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 Fountain Park

Communities Also Named Fountain Park ...

We found eight communities that are also named Fountain Park.

Within Missouri, the name Fountain Park is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Fountain Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fountain Park.
    • Indiana
      • Jasper County
      • This Fountain Park is located in Jasper County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Fountain Park.
      • Steuben County
      • This Fountain Park is located in Steuben County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Fountain Park.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Fountain Park is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the south of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Fountain Park.
    • Michigan
      • Hillsdale County
      • This Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Fountain Park.
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This Fountain Park is located in Champaign County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fountain Park that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Fountain Park.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fountain Park [Bexar County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Fountain Park [Milwaukee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain 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.

  • Fox Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Park is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Park
  • Greater Ville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greater Ville is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Ville
  • Hi-Pointe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hi-Pointe is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Pointe
  • Jeff Vander Lou
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jeff Vander Lou is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Vander Lou
  • Kings Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kings Oak is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oak
  • Lewis Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lewis Place is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
  • Mark Twain
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
  • Pagedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pagedale is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagedale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,290 people
  • Pine Lawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
  • Rock Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Springs is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Tiffany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
  • Tower Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
  • University City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • University City is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
  • Wells - Goodfellow
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow

How Far From Fountain 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 community such as Fountain Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the West.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fountain Park 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 711 miles [1,144.2 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 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,173 miles [11,543.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Fountain Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fountain Park 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.
<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 Fountain 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 Fountain Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6556, Longitude: -90.2598       In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.114 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.806 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.671 degrees.