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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 Pickrell Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickrell Corner 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 Pickrell Corner:
- 37.679185, -96.844198
- 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 Pickrell Corner
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Pickrell Corner is near Cowley County and also Sedgwick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cowley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick 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 Pickrell Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickrell Corner ...
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.
- El Dorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Lakeview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Leon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Prairie Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prospect is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rose Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Salter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Smileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
How Far From Pickrell Corner 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 Pickrell Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pickrell Corner and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pickrell Corner to El Dorado, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,472 miles [12,025 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pickrell Corner) 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 Pickrell Corner 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 Pickrell Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6792, Longitude: -96.8442 In this case, the coordinates for Pickrell Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.486 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.739 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.024 degrees. |
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