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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 Soldier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soldier 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 Soldier:
- 39.537359, -95.965562
- 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 Soldier
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Soldier is near Nemaha County and also Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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 Soldier
Communities Also Named Soldier ...
We found five communities that are also named Soldier.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Soldier.
Beyond Kansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Republic 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 Soldier [Republic County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Camas County
- This Soldier is located in Camas County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Soldier that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Soldier.
- Iowa
- Monona County
- This Soldier is located in Monona County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the north of the Soldier that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monona County community of Soldier.
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- This Soldier is located in Carter County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<2> to the east of the Soldier that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Soldier.
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- This Soldier is located in Jefferson County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Soldier that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Soldier.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soldier ...
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.
- America City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Circleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emmett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Granada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Havensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kelly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Soldier 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 Soldier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Soldier and extending to:
- Holton, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Soldier to Holton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,011 miles [1,627 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,240 miles [8,433 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Soldier 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 '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- Soldier) 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 Soldier 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 Soldier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5374, Longitude: -95.9656 In this case, the coordinates for Soldier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.013 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.423 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.271 degrees. |
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