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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 Powhattan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powhattan 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 Powhattan:
- 39.761764, -95.633860
- 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 Powhattan
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Powhattan is near Nemaha County and also Atchison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nemaha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison 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 Powhattan
Communities Also Named Powhattan ...
We found three communities that are also named Powhattan.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Powhattan.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Powhattan in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Labette 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 Powhattan [Labette County].
- Nemaha 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 Powhattan [Nemaha County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This Powhattan is located in Champaign County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the east of the Powhattan that is located in Brown County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Powhattan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Powhattan ...
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.
- Carbon ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carbon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Fidelity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fidelity is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Granada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Hiawatha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kelly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Reserve
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Severance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Sun Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Powhattan 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 city such as Powhattan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Powhattan and extending to:
- Hiawatha, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Powhattan 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 993 miles [1,598.1 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 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Powhattan 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 from Point A (ie- Powhattan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Powhattan 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 Powhattan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7618, Longitude: -95.6339 In this case, the coordinates for Powhattan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.796 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.201 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.062 degrees. |
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