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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 Wellston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellston 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 Wellston:
- 38.672943, -90.299184
- 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 Wellston
- 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 Wellston 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 Wellston
Communities Also Named Wellston ...
We found four communities that are also named Wellston.
Within Missouri, the name Wellston is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Houston 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 Georgia community of Wellston [Houston County].
- Michigan
- Manistee County
- This Wellston is located in Manistee County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wellston that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Wellston.
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Wellston is located in Jackson County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the east of the Wellston that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Wellston.
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- This Wellston is located in Lincoln County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wellston that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wellston.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellston ...
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.
- Cool Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cool Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Ellendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ellendale is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Fountain Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Greater Ville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greater Ville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Ville
- Hi-Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hi-Pointe is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Pointe
- Jennings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Oak is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oak
- Lake Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Junction
- Lewis Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Place is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Place
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mark Twain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mark Twain is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain
- Normandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Overland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pagedale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pagedale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,290 people
- Pine Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Rock Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Sycamore Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Tiffany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Tower Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wells - Goodfellow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wells - Goodfellow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells - Goodfellow
How Far From Wellston 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 Wellston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellston and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Wellston to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 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 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,173 miles [11,543.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Wellston 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wellston) 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 Wellston 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 Wellston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6729, Longitude: -90.2992 In this case, the coordinates for Wellston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.839 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.686 degrees. |
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