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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 Liebenthal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liebenthal 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 Liebenthal:
- 38.654473, -99.320147
- 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 Liebenthal
- 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 Rush County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Since Liebenthal is near Ellis County and also Barton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton 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 Liebenthal
Communities Also Named Liebenthal ...
We found one communities that are also named Liebenthal.
Within Kansas, the name Liebenthal is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Liebenthal in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Saskatchewan
- This Liebenthal lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Liebenthal that is located in Rush County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liebenthal ...
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.
- Bison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Catharine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Hays
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hog Back
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rush Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Liebenthal 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 city such as Liebenthal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Liebenthal and extending to:
- La Crosse, which is the Seat of Rush County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Liebenthal to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,510 miles [12,086.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,411 miles [8,708.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Liebenthal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Liebenthal 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 Liebenthal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6545, Longitude: -99.3201 In this case, the coordinates for Liebenthal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.302 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.116 degrees. |
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