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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 Oatville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oatville 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 Oatville:
- 37.622391, -97.389105
- 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 Oatville
- 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 Oatville is near Sumner County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Oatville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oatville ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Cow Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rolling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Sand Burr Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
- Sunset Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
How Far From Oatville 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 Oatville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oatville and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Oatville 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 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,495 miles [12,062 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,387 miles [8,669.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oatville) 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 Oatville 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 Oatville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6224, Longitude: -97.3891 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.30 degrees. |
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