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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 Calista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calista 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 Calista:
- 37.639739, -98.282570
- 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 Calista
- 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 Kingman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingman County
- Since Calista is near Reno County and also Pratt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pratt 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 Calista
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calista ...
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.
- Basil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Basil is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basil
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Crystal Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crystal Springs is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Elm Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Georgia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Jordan Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Kingman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Partridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Partridge is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Pretty Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Calista 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 Calista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Calista once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Calista and extending to:
- Kingman, which is the Seat of Kingman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Calista to Kingman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,152 miles [1,854 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,526 miles [12,111.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,421 miles [8,724.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Calista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Calista 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 Calista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6397, Longitude: -98.2826 In this case, the coordinates for Calista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.895 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.74 degrees. |
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