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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 Strong City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strong City 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 Strong City:
- 38.395432, -96.536841
- 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 Strong City
- 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 Chase County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chase County
- Since Strong City is near Lyon County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Strong City
Communities Also Named Strong City ...
We found one communities that are also named Strong City.
Within Kansas, the name Strong City is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Strong City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Roger Mills County
- This Strong City is located in Roger Mills County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Strong City that is located in Chase County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roger Mills County community of Strong City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strong City ...
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.
- Bazaar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bazaar is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazaar
- Cedar Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Cottonwood Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Council Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Council Grove is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
- Council Grove has also been known as:
- Council
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council Grove <2>
- Diamond Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Springs is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Elmdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Rockland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
How Far From Strong City 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 Strong City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strong City and extending to:
- Cottonwood Falls, which is the Seat of Chase County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Strong City to Topeka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,424 miles [11,947.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,316 miles [8,555.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Strong City) 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 Strong City 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 Strong City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3954, Longitude: -96.5368 In this case, the coordinates for Strong City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.647 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.756 degrees. |
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