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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 Prater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prater 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 Prater:
- 38.449497, -90.759854
- 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 Prater
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Prater is near Jefferson County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Prater
Communities Also Named Prater ...
We found three communities that are also named Prater.
Within Missouri, the name Prater is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- This Prater is located in Carter County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east of the Prater that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Prater.
- Tennessee
- Cannon 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 Tennessee community of Prater [Cannon County].
- Virginia
- Buchanan County
- This Prater is located in Buchanan County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the east of the Prater that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Prater.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prater ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Gray Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- House Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Local
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Local is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Local
- Lonedell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Petersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pond is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Robertsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Times Beach ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Times Beach is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Times Beach
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Prater 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 Prater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prater and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Prater to Union, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 77 miles [123.9 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prater) 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 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 Prater 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Prater 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 Prater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4495, Longitude: -90.7599 In this case, the coordinates for Prater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.434 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.953 degrees. |
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