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 French Town:
37.955050, -90.674573
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 French Town
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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named French Town.
Within Missouri, the name French Town is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Oceana County
This French Town is located in Oceana County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the French Town that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oceana County community of French Town.
Montana
Deer Lodge County
This French Town is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the French Town that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of French Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near French Town ...
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.
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 French Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in French Town and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from French Town to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- French Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
<3>
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 French Town 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 French Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9550, Longitude: -90.6746 In this case, the coordinates for French Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.356 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.989 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.022 degrees.