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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 Satanta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Satanta 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 Satanta:
    • 37.436579, -100.988220
    • 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 Satanta
  • 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 Satanta ...

We found one communities that share the name Satanta.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Satanta.

Beyond Kansas.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Comanche 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 Satanta [Comanche County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Satanta ...

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.

  • Cave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
    • Cave is located in Stevens County
  • Hobart
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Hobart is located in Meade County
  • Liberal
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Moscow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Stevens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Former name for Moscow:
    • Mosco
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <3>
  • Plains
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
    • Plains is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <3>
  • Sublette
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

How Far From Satanta 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 Satanta to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Satanta and extending to:

  • Sublette, which is the Seat of Haskell County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Satanta to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,300 miles [2,092.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,535 miles [8,907.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Haskell County: www.haskellcounty.org/

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

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 Satanta 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Satanta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Satanta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4366, Longitude: -100.9882       In this case, the coordinates for Satanta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Satanta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.378 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.088 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.128 degrees.









 

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