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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 Spring Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Forest 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 Spring Forest:
- 38.405332, -90.417065
- 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 Spring Forest
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Spring Forest is near Saint Louis County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Spring Forest
Communities Also Named Spring Forest ...
We found two communities that are also named Spring Forest.
Within Missouri, the name Spring Forest is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Spring Forest is located in Greenville County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Spring Forest that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Spring Forest.
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Spring Forest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Forest ...
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.
- Arnold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Imperial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Otto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Point is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Spring Forest to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spring Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Forest and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Forest to Hillsboro, 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 four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 95 miles [152.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 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 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,071 miles [8,161 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Spring Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spring Forest 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 Spring Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4053, Longitude: -90.4171 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.207 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.879 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.802 degrees. |
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