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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 Cullen Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cullen Village 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 Cullen Village:
- 38.942780, -95.702760
- 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 Cullen Village
- 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 Shawnee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawnee County
- Since Cullen Village is near Osage County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Cullen Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cullen Village ...
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.
- Big Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Carbondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Grantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Mineral Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swissvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swissvale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
How Far From Cullen Village 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 Cullen Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cullen Village and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the Seat of Shawnee County, lies just to the North.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cullen Village to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,366 miles [11,854.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,258 miles [8,461.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cullen Village) 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 Cullen Village 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 Cullen Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9428, Longitude: -95.7028 In this case, the coordinates for Cullen Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.792 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.093 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.247 degrees. |
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