Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Haverhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haverhill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Haverhill
- 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 Haverhill:
- 37.685574, -96.883088
- 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 Haverhill
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Haverhill is near Sedgwick County and also Cowley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- eBird sighting report for Cowley 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Haverhill ...
We found six communities that share the name Haverhill.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Haverhill.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Iowa
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haverhill ...
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.
- El Dorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- El Dorado is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,856 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <3>
- Gordon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Lakeview Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Butler County
- Leon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
- Prairie Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Salter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Smileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
How Far From Haverhill 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 Haverhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haverhill and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Haverhill to El Dorado, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,473 miles [12,026.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,364 miles [8,632.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Butler County: www.bucoks.com/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 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 Haverhill 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- Haverhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Haverhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6856, Longitude: -96.8831 In this case, the coordinates for Haverhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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 Haverhill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.513 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.772 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.042 degrees. |