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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 Heizer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heizer 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 Heizer:
- 38.422235, -98.889257
- 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 Heizer
- 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 Heizer is near Rush County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Heizer
Communities Also Named Heizer ...
We found one communities that are also named Heizer.
Within Kansas, the name Heizer is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Heizer in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Putnam County
- This Heizer is located in Putnam County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the east of the Heizer that is located in Barton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Heizer.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heizer ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Beaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Great Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Radium
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Redwing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Rush Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Silica
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Silica is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
How Far From Heizer 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 Heizer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heizer and extending to:
- Great Bend, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Heizer to Topeka, with an average speed<3>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,175 miles [1,891 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,507 miles [12,081.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,406 miles [8,700.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Heizer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Heizer 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 Heizer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4222, Longitude: -98.8893 In this case, the coordinates for Heizer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.977 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.568 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.931 degrees. |
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