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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 Delavan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delavan 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 Delavan:
    • 38.65615, -96.813607
    • 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 Delavan
  • 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Delavan is near Dickinson County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Delavan

Communities Also Named Delavan ...

We found seven communities that are also named Delavan.

There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Delavan.

Beyond Kansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Clay 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 Delavan [Clay County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa 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 California community of Delavan [Colusa County].
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Delavan is located in Tazewell County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Delavan that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Delavan.
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • This Delavan is located in Faribault County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Delavan that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Delavan.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Delavan is located in Jackson County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the east of the Delavan that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Delavan.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Delavan [Erie County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • This Delavan is located in Walworth County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Delavan that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Delavan.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delavan ...

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.

How Far From Delavan 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 Delavan to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Delavan and extending to:

  • Council Grove, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Delavan to Council Grove, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,421 miles [11,942.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,315 miles [8,553.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Delavan 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Delavan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Delavan 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 Delavan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6561, Longitude: -96.8136    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.926 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.85 degrees.