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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 Broken Arrow Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broken Arrow Park 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 Broken Arrow Park:
- 38.930836, -95.239139
- 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 Broken Arrow Park
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Broken Arrow Park is near Leavenworth County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leavenworth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Broken Arrow Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broken Arrow Park ...
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.
- Big Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Clearview City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Eudora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fall Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Globe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Grover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Broken Arrow Park 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 community such as Broken Arrow Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broken Arrow Park and extending to:
- Lawrence, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Broken Arrow Park to Topeka, with an average speed<3> 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 976 miles [1,570.7 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 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,240 miles [8,433 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Broken Arrow Park) 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 Broken Arrow Park 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 Broken Arrow Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9308, Longitude: -95.2391 In this case, the coordinates for Broken Arrow Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.473 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.721 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.019 degrees. |
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