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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 Glasgow Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glasgow Village 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 Glasgow Village:
- 38.753661, -90.198443
- 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 Glasgow Village
- 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 Glasgow Village is near Saint Louis City and also Madison 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 Madison 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 Glasgow Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glasgow Village ...
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.
- Black Jack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Castle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Cedar Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cool Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cool Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Cross Keys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Eagle Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Park is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Park
- Granite City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greater Ville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greater Ville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Ville
- Jennings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mark Twain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Pine Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Shoveltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shoveltown is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoveltown
- Spanish Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Wells - Goodfellow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow
How Far From Glasgow Village 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 Glasgow Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glasgow Village and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glasgow Village to Clayton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 107 miles [172.2 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 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 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glasgow Village) 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 Glasgow Village 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 Glasgow Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7537, Longitude: -90.1984 In this case, the coordinates for Glasgow Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.078 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.62 degrees. |
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