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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 Sharon Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharon Springs 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 Sharon Springs:
    • 38.898565, -101.751684
    • 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 Sharon Springs
  • 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 Wallace County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wallace County
    • Since Sharon Springs is near Logan County and also Cheyenne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheyenne 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 Sharon Springs

Communities Also Named Sharon Springs ...

We found two communities that are also named Sharon Springs.

Within Kansas, the name Sharon Springs is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Schoharie County
      • This Sharon Springs is located in Schoharie County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sharon Springs that is located in Wallace County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Sharon Springs.
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Sharon Springs is located in Bland County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the east of the Sharon Springs that is located in Wallace County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Sharon Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharon Springs ...

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.

How Far From Sharon Springs 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 city such as Sharon Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sharon Springs to Topeka, with an average speed<3>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 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,579 miles [12,197.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Sharon Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sharon Springs 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 Sharon Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8986, Longitude: -101.7517    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.068 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.066 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.341 degrees.