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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 Lake Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction:
    • 38.605608, -90.332894
    • 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 Lake Junction
  • 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 Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction

Communities Also Named Lake Junction ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lake Junction.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Lake Junction.

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

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Buchanan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lake Junction [Buchanan County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lake Junction [Gunnison County].
    • Michigan
      • Benzie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake Junction [Benzie County].
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake Junction [Houghton County].
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake Junction [Lake County].
      • Leelanau County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake Junction [Leelanau County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Lake Junction is located in Morris County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lake Junction that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Lake Junction.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Medina County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Lake Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Junction ...

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.

  • Dutchtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dutchtown is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Ellendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Ellendale is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Fountain Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain Park is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
  • Fox Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fox Park is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Park
  • Green Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green Park is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
  • Hi-Pointe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hi-Pointe is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Pointe
  • Kings Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Oak is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oak
  • Lewis Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis Place is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,074 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pagedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pagedale is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagedale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,290 people
  • Rock Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rock Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Springs is located in Saint Louis City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Tiffany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
    • Tower Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
    • University City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow

How Far From Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the North.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Junction to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Lake Junction 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.
<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- Lake Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Lake Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6056, Longitude: -90.3329       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.16 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.852 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.717 degrees.