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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 Atchison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Atchison 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 Atchison:
- 39.561849, -95.121821
- 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 Atchison
- 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 Atchison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison County
- Since Atchison is near Buchanan County and also Doniphan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan 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 Atchison
Communities Also Named Atchison ...
We found two communities that are also named Atchison.
Within Kansas, the name Atchison is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Taylor County
- This Atchison is located in Taylor County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Atchison that is located in Atchison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Atchison.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette 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 Atchison [Fayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Atchison ...
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.
- Dye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dye is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Halls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Kickapoo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mock Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
How Far From Atchison 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 Atchison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Atchison and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Atchison to Topeka, with an average speed<4> 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 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Atchison) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Atchison 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 Atchison 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 Atchison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5618, Longitude: -95.1218 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.753 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.842 degrees. |
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