Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lowe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lowe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lowe
- 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 Lowe:
- 38.033080, -100.992665
- 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 Lowe
- 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 Finney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Finney County
- Since Lowe is near Kearny County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kearny County
- eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Lowe ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Lowe.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Lowe.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Chautauqua County
- Elk County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Mitchell County
- This Lowe is located in Mitchell County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<3> to the south of the Lowe that is located in Finney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Lowe.
- Upshur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lowe [Upshur County].
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lowe ...
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.
- Chevron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Friend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Finney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,003 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <5>
- Hartland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Lydia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Pierceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pierceville is located in Finney County
- Shallow Water
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallow Water have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Water
- Shallow Water is located in Scott County
- Tennis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Wolf
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Lowe 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 community such as Lowe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lowe and extending to:
- Garden City, which is the Seat of Finney County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lowe to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,601 miles [12,232.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lowe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Finney County: www.finneycounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lowe 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. |
| <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 Lowe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lowe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lowe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0331, Longitude: -100.9927 In this case, the coordinates for Lowe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lowe 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 323.44 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.23 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.057 degrees. |