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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 Prairie View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie View and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Prairie View:
    • 39.832390, -99.572733
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie View
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Prairie View ...

We found eight communities that share the name Prairie View.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Prairie View.

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

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Prairie View.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Logan County
      • This Prairie View is located in Logan County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the southeast of the Prairie View that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Prairie View.
    • Illinois
      • Boone County
      • This Prairie View is located in Boone County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Prairie View that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Prairie View.
      • Lake County
      • This Prairie View is located in Lake County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the east northeast of the Prairie View that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Prairie View.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Prairie View [Calhoun County].
    • New Mexico
      • Quay County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Prairie View.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Prairie View lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Prairie View that is located in Phillips County.
    • Texas
      • Waller County
      • This Prairie View is located in Waller County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Prairie View that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Prairie View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie View ...

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.

  • Beaver City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Dellvale
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
    • Dellvale is located in Norton County
  • Edmond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmond have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
    • Edmond is located in Norton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Edmond has also been known as:
    • Edmond City
  • Long Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
    • Long Island is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Orleans
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Orleans is located in Harlan County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <4>
  • Precept
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Precept have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
    • Precept is located in Furnas County (NE)
  • Republican City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Speed
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speed have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
    • Speed is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people

How Far From Prairie View to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Prairie View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Phillipsburg, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie View to Phillipsburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,363 miles [8,630.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Phillips County: www.phillipscounty.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Prairie View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8324, Longitude: -99.5727    
<3>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 Prairie View 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>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 Prairie View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.576 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.434 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.07 degrees.




 

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