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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 Weingarten, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weingarten 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 Weingarten:
- 37.887538, -90.213850
- 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 Weingarten
- 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 Sainte Genevieve County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sainte Genevieve County
- Since Weingarten is near Saint Francois County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Francois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Weingarten
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weingarten ...
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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clearwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Mine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Copper Mine is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Mine
- French Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hicks is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Kellogg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kellogg is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
- Needmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Bourbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bourbon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bourbon
- Pickel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickel is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickel
- Quarry Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
How Far From Weingarten 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 Weingarten to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Weingarten and extending to:
- Sainte Genevieve, which is the Seat of Sainte Genevieve County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Weingarten to Sainte Genevieve, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 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 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weingarten) 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 Weingarten 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 Weingarten. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8875, Longitude: -90.2138 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.051 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.629 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.823 degrees. |
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