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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 Eldred, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eldred 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 Eldred:
- 37.050186, -98.766746
- 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 Eldred
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barber County
- Since Eldred is near Woods County and also Alfalfa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woods County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alfalfa 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 Eldred
Communities Also Named Eldred ...
We found seven communities that are also named Eldred.
Within Kansas, the name Eldred is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Saint Lucie County
- This Eldred is located in Saint Lucie County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lucie County community of Eldred.
- Illinois
- Greene County
- This Eldred is located in Greene County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Eldred.
- Michigan
- Jackson 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 Michigan community of Eldred [Jackson County].
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- This Eldred is located in Polk County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the north of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eldred.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This Eldred is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Eldred.
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- This Eldred is located in McKean County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Eldred.
- Saskatchewan
- This Eldred lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eldred that is located in Barber County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eldred ...
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.
- Brink
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brink is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Deerhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Driftwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Fairvalley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairvalley is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvalley
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Kiowa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Medicine Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pixley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sun City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
How Far From Eldred 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 Eldred 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<4> community of Eldred once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Eldred and extending to:
- Medicine Lodge, which is the Seat of Barber County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eldred to Medicine Lodge, with an average speed<5> 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 6 hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 217 miles [349.2 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 1,186 miles [1,908.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,575 miles [12,190.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,468 miles [8,799.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eldred) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Eldred 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> | 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 Eldred, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Eldred 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 Eldred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0502, Longitude: -98.7667 In this case, the coordinates for Eldred have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.766 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.155 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.063 degrees. |
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