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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 Capaldo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capaldo 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 Capaldo:
- 37.468091, -94.727047
- 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 Capaldo
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Capaldo is near Barton County and also Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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 Capaldo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Capaldo ...
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.
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chicopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Edison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Filler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Filler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filler
- Fox Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fuller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Kramer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kramer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Lone Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miller Brothers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Brothers is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Brothers
- Polk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Ringo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Capaldo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Capaldo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Capaldo and extending to:
- Girard, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Capaldo to Topeka, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,289 miles [8,511.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Capaldo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Capaldo 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 Capaldo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4681, Longitude: -94.7270 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.022 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.01 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.031 degrees. |
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