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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 Sunset Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Park 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 Sunset Park:
- 39.175830, -96.596114
- 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 Sunset Park
- 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 Riley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riley County
- Since Sunset Park is near Pottawatomie County and also Wabaunsee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabaunsee 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 Sunset Park
Communities Also Named Sunset Park ...
We found eight communities that are also named Sunset Park.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Sunset Park.
Beyond Kansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Sedgwick County
- This Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Sunset Park.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Sunset Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sunset Park.
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Sunset Park is located in Chatham County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Sunset Park.
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Sunset Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sunset Park.
- North Carolina
- Haywood 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 North Carolina community of Sunset Park [Haywood County].
- New Hanover County
- This Sunset Park is located in New Hanover County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Sunset Park.
- Ontario
- This Sunset Park lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunset Park that is located in Riley County.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Sunset Park [Hamilton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Park ...
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.
- Elm Hollow Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elm Hollow Corner is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hollow Corner
- Eureka Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Flush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flush is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flush
- Junction City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <3>
- Pillsbury Crossing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pillsbury Crossing is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury Crossing
- Rocky Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Swamp Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Swamp Angel is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Angel
How Far From Sunset Park 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 Sunset Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunset Park and extending to:
- Manhattan, which is the Seat of Riley County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Park to Topeka, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,047 miles [1,685 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sunset Park) 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 Sunset Park 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 Sunset Park 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 Sunset Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1758, Longitude: -96.5961 In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.858 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.653 degrees. |
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