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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 Ritchal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ritchal 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 Ritchal:
- 38.032524, -101.028222
- 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 Ritchal
- 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 Finney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Finney County
- Since Ritchal is near Kearny County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kearny County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Ritchal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ritchal ...
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.
- Chevron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chevron is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevron
- Friend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Friend is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
- Garden City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Kearny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Lydia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lydia is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Pierceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pierceville is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Tennis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tennis is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennis
- Wolf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wolf is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
How Far From Ritchal 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 community such as Ritchal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ritchal and extending to:
- Garden City, which is the Seat of Finney County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ritchal to Garden City, 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 297 miles [478 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,506 miles [8,861 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 '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- Ritchal) 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 Ritchal 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 Ritchal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0325, Longitude: -101.0282 In this case, the coordinates for Ritchal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.465 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.26 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.075 degrees. |
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