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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 Midland Tower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midland Tower 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 Midland Tower:
- 37.600016, -97.334212
- 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 Midland Tower
- 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 Sedgwick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- Since Midland Tower is near Butler County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Midland Tower
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midland Tower ...
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.
- Cessna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Cow Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Haysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oatville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Sand Burr Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
- Sunset Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Midland Tower 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 Midland Tower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Midland Tower and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies just to the North.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Midland Tower to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,494 miles [12,060.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,386 miles [8,667.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Midland Tower) 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 Midland Tower 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 Midland Tower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6000, Longitude: -97.3342 In this case, the coordinates for Midland Tower have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.818 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.116 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.277 degrees. |
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