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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 New Strawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Strawn 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 New Strawn:
- 38.262928, -95.742087
- 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 New Strawn
- 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 Coffey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffey County
- Since New Strawn is near Lyon County and also Osage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage 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 New Strawn
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Strawn ...
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.
- Aliceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Central City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hasty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jacobs Creek Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Le Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silkville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkville
- Silkville has also been known as:
- Boissiere Silk Farm
- Valeton
How Far From New Strawn 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 city such as New Strawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Strawn and extending to:
- Burlington, which is the Seat of Coffey County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from New Strawn to Topeka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,008 miles [1,622.2 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,402 miles [11,912.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 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- New Strawn) 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 New Strawn 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 New Strawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2629, Longitude: -95.7421 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.772 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.983 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.386 degrees. |
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