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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 Adams Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adams Corner 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 Adams Corner:
- 38.057360, -98.087452
- 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 Adams Corner
- 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 Reno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reno County
- Since Adams Corner is near Rice County and also McPherson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rice County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McPherson 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 Adams Corner
Communities Also Named Adams Corner ...
We found four communities that are also named Adams Corner.
Within Kansas, the name Adams Corner is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Wabash County
- This Adams Corner is located in Wabash County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the east of the Adams Corner that is located in Reno County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Adams Corner.
- Maine
- York County
- This Adams Corner is located in York County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Adams Corner that is located in Reno County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Adams Corner.
- New York
- Chenango County
- This Adams Corner is located in Chenango County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Adams Corner that is located in Reno County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Adams Corner.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler 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 Pennsylvania community of Adams Corner [Butler County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adams Corner ...
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.
- Charters Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Partridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pretty Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Punkin Center ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Punkin Center is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Willowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
How Far From Adams Corner 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 Adams Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Adams Corner and extending to:
- Hutchinson, which is the Seat of Reno County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Adams Corner to Hutchinson, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,498 miles [12,066.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,393 miles [8,679.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Adams Corner) 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 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 Adams Corner 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> | 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 Adams Corner 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 Adams Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0574, Longitude: -98.0875 In this case, the coordinates for Adams Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.382 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.83 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.582 degrees. |
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