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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 Pillsbury Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pillsbury Crossing 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 Pillsbury Crossing:
- 39.129449, -96.440684
- 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 Pillsbury Crossing
- 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 Riley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riley County
- Since Pillsbury Crossing is near Pottawatomie County and also Wabaunsee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabaunsee 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 Pillsbury Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pillsbury Crossing ...
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.
- Dwight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elm Hollow Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elm Hollow Corner is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hollow Corner
- Eureka Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Flush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flush is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flush
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
- Maple Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Sunset Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunset Park is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Swamp Angel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Swamp Angel is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Angel
How Far From Pillsbury Crossing 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 Pillsbury Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Pillsbury Crossing once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pillsbury Crossing and extending to:
- Manhattan, which is the Seat of Riley County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Pillsbury Crossing to Topeka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,039 miles [1,672.1 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 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,383 miles [11,881.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,278 miles [8,494.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Pillsbury Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pillsbury Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pillsbury Crossing 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 Pillsbury Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1294, Longitude: -96.4407 In this case, the coordinates for Pillsbury Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.723 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.583 degrees. |
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