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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 North Newton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Newton 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 North Newton:
- 38.076629, -97.347457
- 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 North Newton
- 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 Harvey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harvey County
- Since North Newton is near Marion County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 North Newton
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Newton ...
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.
- Canada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Maize
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moundridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peabody
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peabody is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Former name for Peabody:
- Coneburgh
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peabody <1>
- Punkin Center ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Punkin Center is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Riverview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sand Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Creek is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Valley Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
How Far From North Newton 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 North Newton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Newton and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Harvey County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from North Newton to Topeka, with an average speed<3>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 1,096 miles [1,763.8 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 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,470 miles [12,021.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,363 miles [8,630.9 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 from Point A (ie- North Newton) 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 North Newton 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 North Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0766, Longitude: -97.3475 In this case, the coordinates for North Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.233 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.21 degrees. |
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