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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 Filler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Filler 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 Filler:
- 37.382553, -94.825241
- 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 Filler
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Filler is near Cherokee County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Filler
Curious and Interesting Names Near Filler ...
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.
- Atlas
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Cherokee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chicopee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Daisy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Kramer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kramer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Lone Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Roseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
How Far From Filler 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 Filler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Filler and extending to:
- Girard, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the North.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Filler to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Filler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Filler 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 Filler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3826, Longitude: -94.8252 In this case, the coordinates for Filler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.082 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.069 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.093 degrees. |
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