Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mapleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapleton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mapleton
- 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 Mapleton:
- 38.015565, -94.883368
- 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 Mapleton
- 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 Bourbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bourbon County
- Since Mapleton is near Linn County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Linn County
- eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Mapleton ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Mapleton.
Within Kansas, the name Mapleton is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 25 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse County
- This Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Traverse County community of Mapleton.
- Iron County
- This Mapleton is located in Iron County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the north northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Mapleton.
- Midland County
- This Mapleton is located in Midland County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km] to the northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Mapleton.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Mapleton is located in Cayuga County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Mapleton.
- Kings 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 New York community of Mapleton [Kings County].
- Niagara County
- This Mapleton is located in Niagara County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km] to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Mapleton.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Mapleton lies 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- Ohio
- Belmont 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 Ohio community of Mapleton [Belmont County].
- Stark County
- This Mapleton is located in Stark County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Mapleton.
- Ontario
- This Mapleton lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Bourbon County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapleton ...
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.
- Amos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Bell Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Blue Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
- Blue Mound is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Mound <6>
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Mildred
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Mound City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Mound City is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound City <6>
- Redfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Ronald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mapleton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Mapleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mapleton and extending to:
- Fort Scott, which is the Seat of Bourbon County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mapleton to Fort Scott, with an average speed<7> 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,382 miles [11,880.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mapleton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bourbon County: www.bourboncountyks.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mapleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mapleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0156, Longitude: -94.8834 In this case, the coordinates for Mapleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Mapleton 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> | 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 Mapleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Mapleton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.168 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.25 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.01 degrees. |