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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 Carden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carden 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 Carden:
- 39.827687, -96.582042
- 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 Carden
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Carden is near Pottawatomie County and also Gage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gage 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 Carden
Communities Also Named Carden ...
We found two communities that are also named Carden.
Within Kansas, the name Carden is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson 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 Alabama community of Carden [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Barren County
- This Carden is located in Barren County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Carden that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Carden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carden ...
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.
- Badger
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Badger is located in Gage County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Bestwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bestwall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestwall
- Cottage Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Hermansberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hermansberg is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansberg
- Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Marysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mission ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mission is located in Pawnee County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Reedsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reedsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville has also been known as:
- Hazelville
How Far From Carden 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 Carden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carden and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Carden to Topeka, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Carden 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Carden 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 Carden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8277, Longitude: -96.5820 In this case, the coordinates for Carden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.978 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.53 degrees. |
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