|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parkerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkerville 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 Parkerville:
- 38.763740, -96.661713
- 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 Parkerville
- 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
- Since Parkerville is near Wabaunsee County and also Dickinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabaunsee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson 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 Parkerville
Communities Also Named Parkerville ...
We found six communities that are also named Parkerville.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Parkerville.
Beyond Kansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Marion 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 Parkerville [Marion County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- This Parkerville is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Parkerville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Parkerville.
- Georgia
- Worth County
- This Parkerville is located in Worth County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Parkerville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Parkerville.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Parkerville is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Parkerville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Parkerville.
- Missouri
- Bates County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Bates County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Parkerville.
- Crawford County
- This community is historic and although located in Crawford County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Parkerville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkerville ...
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.
- Council Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Council Grove is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
- Council Grove has also been known as:
- Council
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council Grove <4>
- Diamond Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Diamond Springs is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Dwight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dwight is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jacobs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobs is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas Falls is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Falls
- Lost Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Shady Brook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shady Brook is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Skiddy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Skiddy is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skiddy
How Far From Parkerville 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 Parkerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkerville and extending to:
- Council Grove, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Parkerville to Council Grove, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,410 miles [11,925.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,304 miles [8,536 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Parkerville 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Parkerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Parkerville 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 Parkerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7637, Longitude: -96.6617 In this case, the coordinates for Parkerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.444 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.826 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.756 degrees. |
|
|