Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bennington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bennington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bennington
- 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 Bennington:
- 39.033886, -97.592374
- 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 Bennington
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since Bennington is near Saline County and also Dickinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- eBird sighting report for Dickinson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bennington ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Bennington.
Within Kansas, the name Bennington is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- This Bennington is located in Bear Lake County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Bennington.
- Illinois
- Edwards County
- This Bennington is located in Edwards County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Bennington.
- Indiana
- Switzerland County
- This Bennington is located in Switzerland County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Bennington.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Bennington is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bennington.
- Michigan
- Shiawassee County
- This Bennington is located in Shiawassee County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Bennington.
- Minnesota
- Mower 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 Minnesota community of Bennington [Mower County].
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- This Bennington is located in Douglas County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Bennington.
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- This Bennington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,359 miles [2,187.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bennington.
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Bennington is located in Wyoming County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Bennington.
- Ohio
- Morrow 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 Ohio community of Bennington [Morrow County].
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Bennington is located in Bryan County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Bennington.
- Ontario
- This Bennington lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Blair County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Bennington.
- Vermont
- Bennington County
- This Bennington is located in Bennington County and lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bennington that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Bennington.
- Idaho
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennington ...
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.
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Bavaria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
- Bavaria is located in Saline County
- Bavaria has also been known as:
- Houch
- Beverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Brewer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Buckeye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Dickinson County
- Industry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Industry is located in Clay County
- Mentor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Mentor is located in Saline County
- Sand Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Sand Spring is located in Dickinson County
- Shady Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
- Shady Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Vine Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Creek
- Vine Creek is located in Ottawa County
- Former name for Vine Creek:
- Vine
How Far From Bennington 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 city such as Bennington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bennington and extending to:
- Minneapolis, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bennington to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,327 miles [8,573 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bennington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ottawa County: www.ottawacounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bennington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bennington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0339, Longitude: -97.5924 |
| <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 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 Bennington 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bennington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Bennington 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 321.113 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.637 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.179 degrees. |