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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 Central City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Central City:
    • 39.905572, -96.031479
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Central City
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Central City ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Central City.

There are four communities within Kansas that are also named Central City.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Anderson 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 Kansas community of Central City [Anderson County].
    • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Central City [Cherokee County].
    • Decatur 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 Kansas community of Central City [Decatur County].
    • Lyon 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 Kansas community of Central City [Lyon County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Central City is located in Coffee County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Central City.
    • Arkansas
      • Garland 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 Arkansas community of Central City [Garland County].
      • Sebastian County
      • This Central City is located in Sebastian County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Central City.
    • Colorado
      • Gilpin County
      • This Central City is located in Gilpin County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the west of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilpin County community of Central City.
    • Florida
      • Liberty County
      • This Central City is located in Liberty County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Central City.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton 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 Georgia community of Central City [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Grundy County
      • This Central City is located in Grundy County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Central City.
      • Marion County
      • This Central City is located in Marion County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Central City.
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • This Central City is located in Linn County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Central City.
    • Kentucky
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Central City is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Central City.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Central City is located in Jasper County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Central City.
      • Putnam County
      • Although located in Putnam County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Central City.
    • Montana
      • Madison County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Central City [Madison County].
    • Nebraska
      • Merrick County
      • This Central City is located in Merrick County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Central City.
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Central City.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Central City [Licking County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Central City is located in Centre County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<2> to the east of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Central City.
      • Somerset County
      • This Central City is located in Somerset County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km] to the east of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Central City.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Central City is located in Lawrence County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Central City that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Central City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Central City ...

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.

  • Corning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Nemaha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <5>
  • Fidelity
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fidelity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
    • Fidelity is located in Brown County
  • Granada
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
    • Granada is located in Nemaha County
    • Granada has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Point
    • Pleasant Spring
  • Humboldt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Humboldt is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humboldt <5>
  • Kelly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Kelly is located in Nemaha County
  • Sun Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
    • Sun Springs is located in Brown County
  • Table Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Violet is located in Pawnee County (NE)
  • Woodlawn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County

How Far From Central City 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 Central City 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 community of Central City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Central City and extending to:

  • Seneca, which is the Seat of Nemaha County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Central City to Topeka, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 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 Central City 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 '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- Central City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Central City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9056, Longitude: -96.0315    
<3>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 Central City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Central City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.081 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.549 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.236 degrees.




 

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