Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Saint Peters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Peters and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saint Peters
- 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 Peters:
- 38.782694, -90.605775
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint Peters
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Charles County
- Since Saint Peters is near Calhoun County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Saint Peters ...
We found six communities that share the name Saint Peters.
Within Missouri, the name Saint Peters is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Logan 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 Saint Peters [Logan County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Charles Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Saint Peters [Saint Charles Parish].
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Nova Scotia
- This Saint Peters lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Saint Peters that is located in Saint Charles County.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Saint Peters is located in Chester County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Peters that is located in Saint Charles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Saint Peters.
- Tennessee
- Haywood County
- This Saint Peters is located in Haywood County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Saint Peters that is located in Saint Charles County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Saint Peters.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Peters ...
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.
- All Saints Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for All Saints Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Champ
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Earth City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earth City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earth City
- Earth City is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earth City <4>
- Elm Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Golden Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Eagle
- Golden Eagle is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Eagle <4>
- Gumbo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Harvester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvester
- Harvester is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvester <4>
- Jacobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Kampville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Seeburger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Saint Peters 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 city such as Saint Peters to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Peters and extending to:
- Saint Charles, which is the Seat of Saint Charles County, lies just to the East.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Peters to White House, with an average speed<5>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 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,061 miles [8,144.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Peters: www.stpetersmo.net/
The official website for Saint Charles County: www.saintcharlescounty.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Saint Peters 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' (or 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 Peters) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Peters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7827, Longitude: -90.6058 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Saint Peters to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.347 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.091 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.806 degrees. |