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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 Peters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Peters 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 Peters:
    • 40.180097, -75.730754
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint Peters
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Saint Peters ...

We found six communities that share the name Saint Peters.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Saint Peters is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Logan 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 Colorado community of Saint Peters [Logan County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Charles Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Saint Peters [Saint Charles Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Charles County
      • This Saint Peters is located in Saint Charles County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the west of the Saint Peters that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles County community of Saint Peters.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Saint Peters lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Saint Peters that is located in Chester County.
    • Tennessee
      • Haywood County
      • This Saint Peters is located in Haywood County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Saint Peters that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Saint Peters.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Peters ...

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.

  • Bucktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
    • Bucktown is located in Chester County
  • Cedarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Cedarville is located in Chester County
  • Cold Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Run
    • Cold Run is located in Berks County
  • Coventryville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coventryville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
    • Coventryville is located in Chester County
  • Geigertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown
    • Geigertown is located in Berks County
  • Harmonyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmonyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonyville
    • Harmonyville is located in Chester County
  • Ludwigs Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwigs Corner
    • Ludwigs Corner is located in Chester County
  • Pine Swamp
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Swamp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp
    • Pine Swamp is located in Chester County
  • Porters Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porters Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Mill
    • Porters Mill is located in Chester County
  • Pottstown Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing
    • Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County
  • Unionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Berks County

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

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

  • West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Peters to West Chester, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 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>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Peters. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 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 Peters 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Peters) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Peters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1801, Longitude: -75.7308       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Peters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Peters to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.02 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.652 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.642 degrees.




 

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