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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 Lansdowne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lansdowne and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lansdowne:
    • 37.618348, -97.862831
    • 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 Lansdowne
  • 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 Kingman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kingman County
    • Since Lansdowne is near Sedgwick County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Lansdowne

Communities Also Named Lansdowne ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Lansdowne.

Within Kansas, the name Lansdowne is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, nine are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Mobile County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Lansdowne.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Cobb County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Lansdowne.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lansdowne [Saint Clair County].
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Fayette County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lansdowne.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Lansdowne.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lansdowne lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Hunterdon County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Lansdowne.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lansdowne [Mecklenburg County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Lansdowne.
    • Ontario
      • This Lansdowne lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Delaware County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Lansdowne.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Loudoun County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Lansdowne.
    • Yukon
      • This Lansdowne lies 2,223 miles [3,577.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lansdowne that is located in Kingman County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lansdowne ...

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.

  • Basil
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Basil is located in Kingman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basil
  • Clearwater
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Danville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Danville is located in Harper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Danville has also been known as:
    • Coalville
  • Garden Plain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
  • Georgia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Georgia is located in Kingman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
  • Haven
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Kingman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Hope
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pretty Prairie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Prospect
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect

How Far From Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lansdowne and extending to:

  • Kingman, which is the Seat of Kingman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lansdowne to Kingman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,512 miles [12,089.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,405 miles [8,698.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lansdowne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lansdowne 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6183, Longitude: -97.8628       In this case, the coordinates for Lansdowne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.187 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.549 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.535 degrees.