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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 Kingsdown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsdown 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 Kingsdown:
- 37.525021, -99.758739
- 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 Kingsdown
- 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 Ford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Since Kingsdown is near Clark County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa 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 Kingsdown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsdown ...
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.
- Bloom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bloom is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Dodge City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ensign
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ensign is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Minneola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Protection
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spearville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spearville is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
How Far From Kingsdown 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 Kingsdown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kingsdown and extending to:
- Dodge City, which is the Seat of Ford County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsdown to Dodge City, with an average speed<3> 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 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,585 miles [12,206.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,483 miles [8,824 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- Kingsdown) 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 Kingsdown 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 Kingsdown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5250, Longitude: -99.7587 In this case, the coordinates for Kingsdown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.511 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.083 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.495 degrees. |
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