Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Deerhead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deerhead and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Deerhead
- 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 Deerhead:
- 37.238358, -98.911766
- 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 Deerhead
- 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 Barber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barber County
- Since Deerhead is near Kiowa County and also Comanche County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kiowa County
- eBird sighting report for Comanche 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Deerhead ...
We found one communities that share the name Deerhead.
Within Kansas, the name Deerhead is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Deerhead in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deerhead ...
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.
- Coats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Coldwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Coldwater is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <3>
- Elm Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Forest City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Medicine Lodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lodge
- Medicine Lodge is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lodge <3>
- Pixley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Springvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale is located in Pratt County
- Springvale has also been known as:
- Springdale
- Sun City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Sun City is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <3>
How Far From Deerhead 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 Deerhead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deerhead and extending to:
- Medicine Lodge, which is the Seat of Barber County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Deerhead to Medicine Lodge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deerhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deerhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2384, Longitude: -98.9118 In this case, the coordinates for Deerhead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Deerhead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.886 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.318 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.109 degrees. |