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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 Edson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edson 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 Edson:
    • 39.337224, -101.540445
    • 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 Edson
  • 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 Edson ...

We found five communities that share the name Edson.

Within Kansas, the name Edson is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Edson lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Edson that is located in Sherman County.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Edson [San Bernardino County].
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Edson is located in Broome County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edson that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Edson.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • This Edson is located in Chippewa County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edson that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Edson.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Edson is located in Carbon County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Edson that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Edson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edson ...

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.

  • Bird City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Goodland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Page City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
    • Page City is located in Logan County

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

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

  • Goodland, which is the Seat of Sherman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Edson to Goodland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 314 miles [505.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,548 miles [12,147.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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' (or 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- Edson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3372, Longitude: -101.5404       In this case, the coordinates for Edson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Edson 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.
<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 Edson 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 323.954 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.983 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.173 degrees.




 

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