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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 Minneha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minneha 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 Minneha:
- 37.714458, -97.240043
- 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 Minneha
- 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 Minneha is near Butler County and also Harvey 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 Harvey 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 Minneha
Communities Also Named Minneha ...
We found one communities that are also named Minneha.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Minneha.
Beyond Kansas.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Butler 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 Kansas community of Minneha [Butler County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minneha ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Cessna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Cow Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Glenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Lakeview Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Meadowview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Oatville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Park City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sand Burr Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
- Sunset Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Valley Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Minneha 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 Minneha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Minneha and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Minneha to Topeka, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,095 miles [1,762.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,485 miles [12,045.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Minneha 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minneha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Minneha 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 Minneha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7145, Longitude: -97.2400 In this case, the coordinates for Minneha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.763 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.066 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.213 degrees. |
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