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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 Oneida, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oneida 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 Oneida:
    • 39.866237, -95.938866
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Oneida
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Oneida ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Oneida.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Oneida.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • 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 Kansas community of Oneida [Anderson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Oneida is located in Phillips County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Oneida.
    • California
      • Sierra 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 California community of Oneida [Sierra County].
    • Idaho
      • Bingham 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 Idaho community of Oneida [Bingham County].
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Oneida is located in Knox County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Oneida.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Oneida is located in Delaware County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Oneida.
    • Kentucky
      • Clay County
      • This Oneida is located in Clay County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oneida.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint James Parish
      • This Oneida is located in Saint James Parish and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint James Parish community of Oneida.
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Oneida is located in Madison County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Oneida.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<2> to the east of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
      • Carroll County
      • This Oneida is located in Carroll County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the east of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Oneida.
    • Oklahoma
      • Kingfisher County
      • This Oneida is located in Kingfisher County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingfisher County community of Oneida.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the east of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Oneida is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the east of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Oneida.
    • Tennessee
      • Scott County
      • This Oneida is located in Scott County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oneida.
    • Washington
      • Wahkiakum County
      • This Oneida is located in Wahkiakum County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wahkiakum County community of Oneida.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Oneida is located in Brown County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Nemaha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Oneida.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oneida ...

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.

  • America City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for America City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
    • America City is located in Nemaha County
  • Corning
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Nemaha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <4>
  • Fidelity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fidelity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
    • Fidelity is located in Brown County
  • Granada
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
    • Granada is located in Nemaha County
    • Granada has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Point
    • Pleasant Spring
  • Hiawatha
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Humboldt
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Humboldt is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humboldt <4>
  • Kelly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Kelly is located in Nemaha County
  • Reserve
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
    • Reserve is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Sun Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
    • Sun Springs is located in Brown County
  • Woodlawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County

How Far From Oneida to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Oneida to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oneida and extending to:

  • Seneca, which is the Seat of Nemaha County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Oneida to Topeka, with an average speed<5> 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 1,009 miles [1,623.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,223 miles [8,405.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oneida. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Oneida 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 '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- Oneida) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oneida. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8662, Longitude: -95.9389    
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Oneida to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.014 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.467 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.196 degrees.









 

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