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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 Elmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elmont 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 Elmont:
- 39.165276, -95.703038
- 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 Elmont
- 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 Shawnee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawnee County
- Since Elmont is near Jackson County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Elmont
Communities Also Named Elmont ...
We found six communities that are also named Elmont.
Within Kansas, the name Elmont is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Linn 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 Iowa community of Elmont [Linn County].
- Missouri
- Franklin County
- This Elmont is located in Franklin County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Elmont that is located in Shawnee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Elmont.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Elmont is located in Nassau County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elmont that is located in Shawnee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Elmont.
- Queens 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 Elmont [Queens County].
- Texas
- Grayson County
- This Elmont is located in Grayson County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<2> to the south of the Elmont that is located in Shawnee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Elmont.
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Elmont is located in Hanover County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the east of the Elmont that is located in Shawnee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Elmont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elmont ...
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.
- Big Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Grantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Grover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Indian Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Lake Shore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Elmont to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elmont and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the Seat of Shawnee County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Elmont to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,355 miles [11,836.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,247 miles [8,444.2 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 Elmont 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elmont) 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 Elmont 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 Elmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1653, Longitude: -95.7030 In this case, the coordinates for Elmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.807 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.207 degrees. |
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