Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Landergin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landergin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Landergin
- 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 Landergin:
- 37.788916, -96.339173
- 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 Landergin
- 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Since Landergin is near Butler County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Elk 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 Landergin ...
We found one communities that share the name Landergin.
Within Kansas, the name Landergin is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Landergin in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landergin ...
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.
- Cave Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cave Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Cave Springs is located in Elk County
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <4>
- Fall River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fall River <4>
- Fiat
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Howard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <4>
- Lapland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Neal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Neal is located in Greenwood County
- Rocky Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Greenwood County
How Far From Landergin 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 community such as Landergin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Landergin once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Landergin and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Landergin to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Landergin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Landergin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7889, Longitude: -96.3392 In this case, the coordinates for Landergin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Landergin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Landergin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.147 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.358 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.758 degrees. |