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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 Saint Clair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Clair and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clair:
    • 40.720119, -76.188615
    • 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 Saint Clair
  • 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
    • Since Saint Clair is near Columbia County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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 Saint Clair

Communities Also Named Saint Clair ...

We found 25 communities that are also named Saint Clair.

There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Saint Clair.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 24 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Allegheny County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Allegheny County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Saint Clair.
    • Beaver County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Beaver County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Saint Clair.
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Westmoreland County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Saint Clair.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Elmore County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Saint Clair.
      • Lowndes County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Lowndes County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Saint Clair.
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saint Clair [Crittenden County].
    • Georgia
      • Burke County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Burke County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Saint Clair.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saint Clair [Montgomery County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Saint Clair is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Saint Clair.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Saint Clair County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Saint Clair.
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Blue Earth County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Saint Clair.
      • Ramsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Clair [Ramsey County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Franklin County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Saint Clair.
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Saint Clair [Jackson County].
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Saint Clair [Cascade County].
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Saint Clair [Antelope County].
    • Nevada
      • Churchill County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Churchill County and lies 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Saint Clair.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Butler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Saint Clair.
      • Columbiana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Saint Clair [Columbiana County].
      • Muskingum County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Saint Clair [Muskingum County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Saint Clair.
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Hawkins County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Saint Clair.
      • Rhea County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Rhea County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km] to the west southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Saint Clair.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Saint Clair.
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • This Saint Clair is located in Thurston County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Clair that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Saint Clair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Clair ...

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.

How Far From Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Clair and extending to:

  • Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies just to the South.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Clair to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,785 miles [9,310.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Saint Clair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Clair 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Saint Clair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Clair 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 Saint Clair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7201, Longitude: -76.1886    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.247 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.995 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.616 degrees.