Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stanton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stanton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stanton
- 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 Stanton:
- 38.542575, -95.055894
- 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 Stanton
- 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 Miami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Since Stanton is near Franklin County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Anderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stanton ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Stanton.
There are four communities within Kansas that are also named Stanton.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Douglas County
- Finney County
- Franklin County
- Riley County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Gila County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gila County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Stanton.
- Yavapai County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Stanton [Yavapai County].
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Concordia Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Stanton [Concordia Parish].
- Orleans Parish
- This Stanton is located in Orleans Parish and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Stanton that is located in Miami County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Stanton.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Dakota County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dakota County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Stanton.
- Stanton County
- This Stanton is located in Stanton County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Stanton that is located in Miami County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanton County community of Stanton.
- New Jersey
- North Dakota
- Northwest Territories
- This Stanton lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Stanton that is located in Miami County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Stanton lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stanton that is located in Miami County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- This Stanton is located in Jefferson County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stanton that is located in Miami County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Stanton.
- Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Stanton [Luzerne County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stanton ...
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.
- Beagle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Black Jack ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Block
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Block is located in Miami County
- Chiles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Clare
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Henson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Homewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jingo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <5>
- Louisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <5>
- Ransomville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Ransomville is located in Franklin County
How Far From Stanton 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 Stanton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stanton and extending to:
- Paola, which is the Seat of Miami County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stanton to Paola, with an average speed<6> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,251 miles [8,450.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stanton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Miami County: www.co.miami.ks.us/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stanton 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stanton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stanton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5426, Longitude: -95.0559 In this case, the coordinates for Stanton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stanton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Stanton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.322 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.496 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.00 degrees. |