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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 Spasticville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spasticville 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 Spasticville:
- 37.833623, -97.336153
- 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 Spasticville
- 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 Sedgwick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- Since Spasticville is near Harvey County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harvey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Spasticville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spasticville ...
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.
- Bonnie Brae
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Cow Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Greenwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Maize
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Park City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Valley Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Spasticville 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 community such as Spasticville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spasticville and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Spasticville to Wichita, 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,482 miles [12,041.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spasticville) 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 Spasticville 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 Spasticville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8336, Longitude: -97.3362 In this case, the coordinates for Spasticville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.17 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.242 degrees. |
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