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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 Le Loup, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Le Loup 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 Le Loup:
- 38.695287, -95.159971
- 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 Le Loup
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Le Loup is near Douglas County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Le Loup
Curious and Interesting Names Near Le Loup ...
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.
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Clare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Clearview City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Eudora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fall Leaf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Globe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Homewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Lane
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Lone Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Michigan Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Michigan Valley is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Valley
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Ransomville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ransomville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Weaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Le Loup 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 Le Loup to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Le Loup and extending to:
- Ottawa, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Le Loup to Topeka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,359 miles [11,843.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,248 miles [8,445.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Le Loup) 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 Le Loup 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 Le Loup. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6953, Longitude: -95.1600 In this case, the coordinates for Le Loup have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.403 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.61 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.023 degrees. |
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