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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 Cow Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cow Town 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 Cow Town:
- 37.693903, -97.357545
- 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 Cow Town
- 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 Sedgwick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- Since Cow Town is near Butler County and also Harvey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harvey 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 Cow Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cow Town ...
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.
- Bonnie Brae
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Cessna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Maize
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Oatville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Cow Town 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 Cow Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cow Town and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cow Town to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,102 miles [1,773.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,490 miles [12,054 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,382 miles [8,661.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cow Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cow Town 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 Cow Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6939, Longitude: -97.3575 In this case, the coordinates for Cow Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.843 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.274 degrees. |
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