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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 Sunnydale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnydale 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 Sunnydale:
- 37.868345, -97.299485
- 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 Sunnydale
- 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 Sunnydale 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 Sunnydale
Communities Also Named Sunnydale ...
We found seven communities that are also named Sunnydale.
Within Kansas, the name Sunnydale is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- This Sunnydale is located in White County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Sunnydale.
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sunnydale [Richmond County].
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Sunnydale is located in Ohio County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Sunnydale.
- Oregon
- Douglas County
- This Sunnydale is located in Douglas County and lies 1,415 miles [2,277.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Sunnydale.
- Utah
- Carbon County
- This Sunnydale is located in Carbon County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Sunnydale.
- Washington
- King County
- This Sunnydale is located in King County and lies 1,424 miles [2,291.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Sunnydale.
- Thurston County
- This Sunnydale is located in Thurston County and lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km] to the northwest of the Sunnydale that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Sunnydale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnydale ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Cow Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
- Greenwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Maize
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Park City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairie Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Sand Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Valley Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sunnydale 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 community such as Sunnydale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunnydale and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sunnydale to Wichita, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 119 miles [191.5 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 1,096 miles [1,763.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,479 miles [12,036.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnydale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sunnydale 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. |
| <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 Sunnydale 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 Sunnydale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8683, Longitude: -97.2995 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnydale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.817 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.148 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.218 degrees. |
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