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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 East Mineral, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Mineral 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 East Mineral:
- 37.281447, -94.904962
- 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 East Mineral
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since East Mineral is near Crawford County and also Labette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Labette 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 East Mineral
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Mineral ...
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.
- Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Cokedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cokedale is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Filler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Filler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filler
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Skidmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skidmore is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
How Far From East Mineral 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 East Mineral to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of East Mineral once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Mineral and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 128 miles [206 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from East Mineral to Topeka, with an average speed<4>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 975 miles [1,569.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,305 miles [8,537.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 East Mineral, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Mineral) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Mineral 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 East Mineral. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2814, Longitude: -94.9050 In this case, the coordinates for East Mineral have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.11 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.149 degrees. |
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