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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 Lorena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lorena 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 Lorena:
- 37.688711, -97.075546
- 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 Lorena
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Lorena is near Sedgwick County and also Cowley 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 Cowley 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 Lorena
Communities Also Named Lorena ...
We found four communities that are also named Lorena.
Within Kansas, the name Lorena is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Smith County
- This Lorena is located in Smith County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lorena that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Lorena.
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Mineral County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Lorena.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lorena [Lexington County].
- Texas
- McLennan County
- This Lorena is located in McLennan County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south of the Lorena that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Lorena.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lorena ...
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.
- Bonnie Brae
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Cow Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Derby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Gordon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Greenwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Lakeview Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Prairie Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Rose Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Salter
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sand Burr Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
- Smileyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Lorena 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 Lorena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lorena and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lorena to El Dorado, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,480 miles [12,037.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lorena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Lorena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Lorena 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lorena 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 Lorena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6887, Longitude: -97.0755 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.927 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.136 degrees. |
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