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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 Bison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bison 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 Bison:
- 38.519771, -99.197834
- 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 Bison
- 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 Rush County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Since Bison is near Barton County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis 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 Bison
Communities Also Named Bison ...
We found five communities that are also named Bison.
Within Kansas, the name Bison is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Glacier County
- This Bison is located in Glacier County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bison that is located in Rush County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Bison.
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- This Bison is located in Garfield County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bison that is located in Rush County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Bison.
- South Dakota
- Perkins County
- This Bison is located in Perkins County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bison that is located in Rush County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Bison.
- Tennessee
- Cocke 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 Tennessee community of Bison [Cocke County].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This Bison is located in Braxton County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the east of the Bison that is located in Rush County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Bison.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bison ...
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.
- Anchorway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Catharine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Dundee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Great Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hays
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Crosse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Radium
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Redwing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Rush Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bison 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 Bison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bison and extending to:
- La Crosse, which is the Seat of Rush County, lies just to the West.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bison to Topeka, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,513 miles [12,091 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,413 miles [8,711.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bison) 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 Bison 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 Bison 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 Bison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5198, Longitude: -99.1978 In this case, the coordinates for Bison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.844 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.074 degrees. |
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