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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 Concordia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Concordia 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 Concordia:
- 39.566507, -97.657410
- 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 Concordia
- 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 Cloud County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cloud County
- Since Concordia is near Republic County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Republic County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Concordia
Communities Also Named Concordia ...
We found seven communities that are also named Concordia.
Within Kansas, the name Concordia is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Elbert County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Concordia [Elbert County].
- Kentucky
- Meade County
- This Concordia is located in Meade County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<2> to the east of the Concordia that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Concordia.
- Louisiana
- Concordia Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Concordia [Concordia Parish].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- This Concordia is located in Bolivar County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Concordia that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Concordia.
- Missouri
- Lafayette County
- This Concordia is located in Lafayette County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the east of the Concordia that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Concordia.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- This Concordia is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<2> to the east of the Concordia that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Concordia.
- Texas
- Nueces County
- This Concordia is located in Nueces County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<2> to the south of the Concordia that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Concordia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Concordia ...
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.
- Agenda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Agenda is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Rice
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Concordia 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 city such as Concordia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Concordia and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Concordia to Topeka, with an average speed<5>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 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Concordia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Concordia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Concordia 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Concordia 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 Concordia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5665, Longitude: -97.6574 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.197 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.80 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.124 degrees. |
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