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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 Lake of the Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake of the Forest 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 Lake of the Forest:
- 39.065837, -94.839963
- 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 Lake of the Forest
- 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 Wyandotte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandotte County
- Since Lake of the Forest is near Johnson County and also Leavenworth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leavenworth 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 Lake of the Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake of the Forest ...
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.
- Edwardsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Frisbie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frisbie is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Holliday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Little Kaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Kaw is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kaw
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Piper
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Stone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Sunflower
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunflower is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Victory Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Junction is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Junction
How Far From Lake of the Forest 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 Lake of the Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake of the Forest and extending to:
- Kansas City, which is the Seat of Wyandotte County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake of the Forest to Kansas City, with an average speed<3> 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 954 miles [1,535.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake of the Forest) 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 Lake of the Forest 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 Lake of the Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0658, Longitude: -94.8400 In this case, the coordinates for Lake of the Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.207 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.796 degrees. |
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