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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 Galatia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Galatia 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 Galatia:
- 38.641167, -98.957901
- 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 Galatia
- 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 Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Galatia is near Russell County and also Rush County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush 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 Galatia
Communities Also Named Galatia ...
We found four communities that are also named Galatia.
Within Kansas, the name Galatia is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh 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 Alabama community of Galatia [Conecuh County].
- Illinois
- Saline County
- This Galatia is located in Saline County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the east of the Galatia that is located in Barton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Galatia.
- New York
- Cortland County
- This Galatia is located in Cortland County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Galatia that is located in Barton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of Galatia.
- North Carolina
- Northampton County
- This Galatia is located in Northampton County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<2> to the east of the Galatia that is located in Barton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Galatia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Galatia ...
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.
- Anchorway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Beaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Great Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- La Crosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Redwing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Rush Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Galatia 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 city such as Galatia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Galatia and extending to:
- Great Bend, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Galatia to Great Bend, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,177 miles [1,894.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,498 miles [12,066.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,398 miles [8,687.2 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 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 Galatia 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Galatia) 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 Galatia 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 Galatia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6412, Longitude: -98.9579 In this case, the coordinates for Galatia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.672 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.934 degrees. |
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