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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 Saint Martins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Martins 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 Saint Martins:
    • 38.594950, -92.332399
    • 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 Saint Martins
  • 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 Cole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cole County
    • Since Saint Martins is near Boone County and also Moniteau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moniteau 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 Saint Martins

Communities Also Named Saint Martins ...

We found six communities that are also named Saint Martins.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Saint Martins.

Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Morgan 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 Saint Martins [Morgan County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Worcester 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 Maryland community of Saint Martins [Worcester County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Saint Martins lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Saint Martins that is located in Cole County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Saint Martins is located in Philadelphia County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Martins that is located in Cole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Saint Martins.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Saint Martins is located in Milwaukee County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Saint Martins that is located in Cole County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Saint Martins.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Martins ...

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.

  • Bacon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bacon is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
  • Bass
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bass is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • Cedar City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Centertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Claysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Claysville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Eureka ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Eureka is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Hartsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Honey Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Sandy Hook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sandy Hook is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Scrivner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Scrivner is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrivner
  • Stringtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Saint Martins 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 city such as Saint Martins to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jefferson City, which is the Seat of Cole County, lies just to the East.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies just to the east (E).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Martins to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 47 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint Martins 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 '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- Saint Martins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Saint Martins 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 Saint Martins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5949, Longitude: -92.3324       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Martins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.484 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.377 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.669 degrees.