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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 Bendena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bendena 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 Bendena:
- 39.742543, -95.181027
- 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 Bendena
- 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 Doniphan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
- Since Bendena is near Atchison County and also Holt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holt 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 Bendena
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bendena ...
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.
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Fanning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Halls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Bendena to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bendena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bendena and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Doniphan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Bendena to Topeka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,200 miles [8,368.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bendena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bendena 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 Bendena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7425, Longitude: -95.1810 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.835 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.838 degrees. |
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