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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 Birmingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birmingham 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 Birmingham:
    • 39.409357, -95.682486
    • 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 Birmingham
  • 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 Birmingham ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Birmingham.

There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Birmingham.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Haskell 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 Birmingham [Haskell County].
    • Kiowa 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 Birmingham [Kiowa County].
    • Wyandotte 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 Birmingham [Wyandotte County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Birmingham is located in Jefferson County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Birmingham.
    • Colorado
      • Huerfano 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 Birmingham [Huerfano County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Birmingham is located in Fulton County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Birmingham.
    • Illinois
      • Schuyler County
      • This Birmingham is located in Schuyler County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Birmingham.
    • Indiana
      • Miami County
      • This Birmingham is located in Miami County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Birmingham.
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Birmingham is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Birmingham.
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • This Birmingham is located in Van Buren County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Birmingham.
    • Kentucky
      • Marshall County
      • This Birmingham is located in Marshall County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Birmingham.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Birmingham is located in Oakland County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Birmingham.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Birmingham is located in Lee County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Birmingham.
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This Birmingham is located in Clay County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Birmingham.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Birmingham is located in Burlington County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<2> to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Birmingham.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Coshocton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Birmingham.
      • Erie County
      • This Birmingham is located in Erie County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Birmingham.
      • Guernsey County
      • This Birmingham is located in Guernsey County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Birmingham.
      • Lucas County
      • This community is historic and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Birmingham.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Birmingham [Allegheny County].
      • Chester County
      • This Birmingham is located in Chester County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<2> to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Birmingham.
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Birmingham.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Birmingham lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Birmingham is located in Tazewell County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<2> to the east of the Birmingham that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Birmingham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birmingham ...

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.

  • Carbon ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
    • Carbon is located in Jackson County
  • Circleville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
    • Circleville is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <5>
  • Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
    • Grove is located in Shawnee County
  • Half Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
    • Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
  • Indian Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
    • Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
  • Lake Shore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
  • Rock Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Soldier
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
    • Soldier is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soldier <5>

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

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

  • Holton, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Birmingham to Topeka, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 997 miles [1,604.5 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 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,342 miles [11,815.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birmingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 Birmingham 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- Birmingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birmingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4094, Longitude: -95.6825    
<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 Birmingham, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Birmingham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.808 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.171 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.152 degrees.




 

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