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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 Forest City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Forest City:
    • 37.322523, -98.730646
    • 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 Forest City
  • 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 Forest City ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Forest City.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Forest City.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Russell County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Russell County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Forest City.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler 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 Alabama community of Forest City [Butler County].
      • Pickens County
      • This Forest City is located in Pickens County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Forest City.
    • California
      • Sierra County
      • This Forest City is located in Sierra County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Forest City.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Forest City is located in New Castle County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Forest City.
    • Georgia
      • Clinch 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 Georgia community of Forest City [Clinch County].
    • Idaho
      • Lewis County
      • This Forest City is located in Lewis County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Forest City.
    • Illinois
      • Livingston 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 Illinois community of Forest City [Livingston County].
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • This Forest City is located in Clinton County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Forest City.
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Forest City is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<3> to the southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Forest City.
      • West Carroll Parish
      • This Forest City is located in West Carroll Parish and lies 518 miles [833.6 km] to the southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Carroll Parish community of Forest City.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Forest City is located in Washington County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Forest City.
    • Michigan
      • Crawford 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 Forest City [Crawford County].
    • Mississippi
      • Scott County
      • This Forest City is located in Scott County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Forest City.
    • New York
      • Clinton County
      • This Forest City is located in Clinton County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Forest City.
    • North Carolina
      • Craven County
      • This Forest City is located in Craven County and lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<3> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Forest City.
    • Ohio
      • Hardin County
      • This Forest City is located in Hardin County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Forest City.
      • Richland County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Forest City [Richland County].
    • Ontario
      • This Forest City lies 1,248 miles [2,008.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Forest City is located in Centre County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Forest City.
      • McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Forest City [McKean County].
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester 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 South Carolina community of Forest City [Dorchester County].
      • Horry County
      • This Forest City is located in Horry County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<3> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Forest City.
      • Richland County
      • This Forest City is located in Richland County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the east of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Forest City.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Forest City is located in Cherokee County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Forest City.
      • Galveston County
      • This Forest City is located in Galveston County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the south southeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Forest City.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • This Forest City is located in Bedford County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<3> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Forest City.
      • Goochland County
      • This Forest City is located in Goochland County and lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km] to the east of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Forest City.
    • Washington
      • Lewis 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 Washington community of Forest City [Lewis County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh 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 West Virginia community of Forest City [Raleigh County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix County
      • This Forest City is located in Saint Croix County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Forest City that is located in Barber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Croix County community of Forest City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest City ...

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.

  • Coats
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Coats is located in Pratt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Deerhead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
    • Deerhead is located in Barber County
  • Elm Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
    • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
  • Lake City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Lake City is located in Barber County
  • Medicine Lodge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pixley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pixley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
    • Pixley is located in Barber County
  • Springvale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
    • Springvale is located in Pratt County
    • Springvale has also been known as:
    • Springdale
  • Sun City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Sun City is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <5>

How Far From Forest City 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 Forest City 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 community of Forest City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest City and extending to:

  • Medicine Lodge, which is the Seat of Barber County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Forest City to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,180 miles [1,899 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Forest City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Forest City 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>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- Forest City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3225, Longitude: -98.7306       In this case, the coordinates for Forest City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Forest City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.767 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.189 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.008 degrees.




 

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