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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 Spanish Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake:
- 38.787827, -90.215944
- 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 Spanish Lake
- 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 Spanish Lake is near Saint Louis City and also Madison 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 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 Spanish Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spanish Lake ...
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.
- Black Jack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Castle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Cedar Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cool Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Cross Keys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Glasgow Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Granite City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
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- Mark Twain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
- Mitchell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Normandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Pine Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Shoveltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shoveltown is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoveltown
How Far From Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spanish Lake and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spanish Lake to Clayton, with an average speed<3> 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 106 miles [170.6 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,045 miles [8,119.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spanish Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7878, Longitude: -90.2159 In this case, the coordinates for Spanish Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.09 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.62 degrees. |
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