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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 Palermo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palermo 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 Palermo:
    • 39.732494, -94.976636
    • 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 Palermo
  • 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 Doniphan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
    • Since Palermo is near Buchanan County and also Andrew County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew 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 Palermo

Communities Also Named Palermo ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Palermo.

Within Kansas, the name Palermo is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This Palermo is located in Butte County and lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the west of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Palermo.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Palermo is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Palermo.
      • Saint Johns County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Palermo [Saint Johns County].
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • This Palermo is located in Edgar County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the east of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Palermo.
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • This Palermo is located in Waldo County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Palermo.
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Palermo is located in Cape May County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the east of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Palermo.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Palermo is located in Oswego County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Palermo.
    • North Dakota
      • Mountrail County
      • This Palermo is located in Mountrail County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mountrail County community of Palermo.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Palermo is located in Carroll County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the east of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Palermo.
    • Ontario
      • This Palermo lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Palermo is located in Lincoln County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the east of the Palermo that is located in Doniphan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Palermo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Palermo ...

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.

  • Avenue City ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
  • Blair
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Blair is located in Doniphan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Dean
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dean is located in Andrew County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Fanning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fanning is located in Doniphan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
  • Faucett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Halls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Lone Star
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Maxey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Maxey is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Mock Corner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
  • Rushville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Severance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Severance is located in Doniphan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Sparks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks is located in Doniphan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
  • Sugar Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sugar Lake is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
  • Willow Brook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

How Far From Palermo 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 Palermo to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Troy, which is the Seat of Doniphan County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Palermo to Topeka, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 958 miles [1,541.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,300 miles [11,748.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,192 miles [8,355.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Palermo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Palermo 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.
<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 Palermo 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 Palermo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7325, Longitude: -94.9766       In this case, the coordinates for Palermo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.34 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.67 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.737 degrees.