Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pickel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pickel

• 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 Pickel:
  • 37.796441, -90.286787
  • 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 Pickel

• 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 Sainte Genevieve County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sainte Genevieve County
  • Since Pickel is near Saint Francois County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Francois County
  • 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 Pickel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickel ...

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.

• Chestnut Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
• Clearwater
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
• Copper Mine
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper Mine is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Mine
• Cross Roads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cross Roads is located in Saint Francois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
• Hurryville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hurryville is located in Saint Francois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurryville
• Knob Lick
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
• Libertyville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Libertyville is located in Saint Francois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
• Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
• Rocky Ridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
• Rocky Ridge Ranch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Pickel once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pickel and extending to:

• Sainte Genevieve, which is the Seat of Sainte Genevieve County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pickel to Sainte Genevieve, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'