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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 Cloud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Cloud 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 Cloud:
    • 45.602896, -122.110920
    • 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 Cloud
  • 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 Skamania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania County
    • Since Saint Cloud is near Multnomah County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Cloud

Communities Also Named Saint Cloud ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Saint Cloud.

Within Washington, the name Saint Cloud is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Larimer 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 Cloud [Larimer County].
    • Florida
      • Osceola County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Osceola County and lies 2,516 miles [4,049.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Saint Cloud [Dickinson County].
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Stearns County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County and lies 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Saint Cloud.
      • Ray County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Ray County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km] to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Saint Cloud.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Essex County and lies 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Ontario
      • This Saint Cloud lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Saint Cloud [Washington County].
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Monongalia County and lies 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Skamania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Saint Cloud.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Cloud ...

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.

  • Bridal Veil
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bull Run
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bull Run is located in Clackamas County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
  • Cascade Locks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fern Prairie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
  • Fort Rains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fort Rains is located in Skamania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rains
  • Ireland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ireland is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
  • Marmot
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pleasant Home
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Home is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
  • Sunnyside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunnyside is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Troutdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Troutdale is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troutdale <3>
  • Wood Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Stevenson, which is the Seat of Skamania County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Cloud to Stevenson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,663 miles [12,332.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 Saint Cloud 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 '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- Saint Cloud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cloud 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 Cloud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6029, Longitude: -122.1109       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Cloud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.585 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.992 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.75 degrees.