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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 Neva, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neva 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 Neva:
- 38.397784, -96.615584
- 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 Neva
- 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 Chase County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chase County
- Since Neva is near Morris County and also Lyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon 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 Neva
Communities Also Named Neva ...
We found seven communities that are also named Neva.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Neva.
Beyond Kansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Republic 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 Neva [Republic County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- This Neva is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Neva that is located in Chase County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Neva.
- Missouri
- Clark 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 Missouri community of Neva [Clark County].
- South Carolina
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Neva [Anderson County].
- Tennessee
- Johnson County
- This Neva is located in Johnson County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<2> to the east of the Neva that is located in Chase County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Neva.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Neva [Pittsylvania County].
- Wisconsin
- Langlade County
- This Neva is located in Langlade County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Neva that is located in Chase County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Langlade County community of Neva.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neva ...
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.
- Bazaar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Cottonwood Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strong City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Strong City is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Strong City has also been known as:
- Strong
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong City <3>
How Far From Neva 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 Neva to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Neva and extending to:
- Cottonwood Falls, which is the Seat of Chase County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Neva to Topeka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,427 miles [11,952.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,319 miles [8,560.1 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Neva 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Neva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Neva 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 Neva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3978, Longitude: -96.6156 In this case, the coordinates for Neva have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.385 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.711 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.795 degrees. |
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